Quality 34CrAlNi7-10 Nitriding Technical card

According to standard UNI EN 10085: 2003 Steel Lucefin Group

Number 1.8550 rev. 2018
Chemical composition
C% Si% Mn% P% S% Cr% Mo% Ni% Al%
max max max Product deviations
0,30-0,37 0,40 0,40-0,70 0,025 0,035 1,50-1,80 0,15-0,25 0,85-1,15 0,80-1,20 are allowed
± 0.02 + 0.03 ± 0.04 +0.005 + 0.005 ± 0.05 ± 0.03 ± 0.05 ± 0.10
Temperature °C
Hot-forming Stress-relieving Quenching Tempering Nitrocarburizing Final stress-relieving
after machining +Q +T +SR
1050-850 550-580 850-890 570-660 570-580 50° under the
air oil or polymer air temperature of tempering
Soft Ion Nitriding End quench Pre-heating welding Stress-relieving
annealing +A Nitriding hardenability test after welding
650-700 450-490 500-520 900 300 550 furnace cooling
air controlled atm. water AC1 AC3 MS Mf
(HB max 248) (HV 1000-1100) (HV 940) 765 830 340 125
Mechanical properties
Hot-rolled mechanical properties in quenched and tempered condition UNI EN 10085: 2003
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A% Kv HB Surface hardness in
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min. min. J min. for information quenched and tempered
16 40 900-1100 680 10 30 271-331 and nitrided condition
40 100 850-1050 650 12 30 253-319 HV 1
100 160 800-1000 600 13 35 240-298 950
160 250 800-1000 600 13 35 240-298
Table of tempering values obtained at room temperature on rounds of Ø 10 mm after quenching at 880 °C in oil
HB 534 534 525 518 504 489 468 448 432 404 376 327 294 271
HRC 53.5 53.5 53 52.5 51.5 50.5 49 47.5 46 43.5 40.5 35 31 28
R N/mm2 1970 1970 1950 1900 1850 1800 1710 1620 1520 1400 1280 1090 980 900
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 1440 1450 1520 1570 1550 1500 1440 1390 1300 1210 1100 970 820 700
A % 9.8 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.4 11.2 13.6 15.5 18.4 -
Z % 38 40 43 43 42 40 39 40 43 45 50 57 63 -
Kv J 8 11 11 8 7 6 5 4 6 8 17 38 84 152
Tempering at °C 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
High-temperature testing
R N/mm2 840 780 760 790 700 580 350
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 620 590 580 560 480 410 220
A % 22 22 22 22 24 26 28
C % 68 70 68 64 76 80 88
Kv J 140 150 165 175 150 125 80
Test temperature °C 20 100 200 300 400 500 600
Nitriding. Hardness HV, at different depths and stays
30 860 520 400 360 360 350 350
stay time 90 930 860 710 540 420 350 350
h. 120 930 860 720 640 540 430 350
180 940 860 760 720 650 560 350
depth mm 0,15 0,25 0,35 0,45 0,55 0,65 1,0
34CrAlNi7-10 Lucefin Group
Cold-drawn Hot-rolled + Peeled
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A% HB R Rp 0.2 A% HB
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min N/mm2 N/mm2 min min
No indications from reference standards No indications from reference standards

Forged mechanical properties in quenched and tempered condition UNI EN 10085: 2003
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A% Kv HB
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min J min for information
100 850-1050 650 12 30 253-319
100 160 800-1000 600 13 35 240-298
160 250 800-1000 600 13 35 240-298
Jominy test HRC 34CrAlNi7 UNI 8552. Use only as reference
mm distance from quenched end
1.5 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
min 48.5 48 47.5 46.5 45.5 44.5 43.5 43 39 37 34.5 33 32 31.5 31
max 59.5 59 58 57 56.5 56 55.5 55 54 52 50.5 48.5 47 46 45
Thermal Expansion 10-6 ● K-1 ► 11.1 12.1 12.9 13.5 13.9
Mod. of Elasticity long. GPa 210 205 185 165 155
Mod. of Elasticity tang. GPa 80 79 71 63 59
Specific Heat Capacity J/(Kg●K) 460
Thermal Conductivity W/(m●K) 35
Density Kg/dm3 7.85
Specific Electric Resist. Ohm●mm2/m 0.31
Electrical Conductivity Siemens●m/mm2 3.22
°C 20 100 200 300 400 500 600
The symbol ►indicates temperature between 20 °C and 100 °C, 20 °C and 200 °C …
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Iron/Nitrogen equilibrium diagram

As operating in continuous flow conditions, at
temperatures higher than 480 °C gaseous
ammonia releases nitrogen and hydrogen, that
are absorbed and diffused in the sub-superficial
steel layer.
Nitrogen reacts with steel elements and creates
very hard but very fragile nitrides.
The lack of alloy elements in carbon steel
causes the creation of iron nitrides only, thus
giving steel significant fragility.
To prevent this inconvenient, steels containing
Al, V, Cr, Mo (more similar to nitrogen than to
iron) are used.
Maximum temperature suggested for nitriding is
580 °C, avoiding the eutectoid of 590 °C.

Fe4 N = ferrite micro-crystals and nitrides

Fe2-3 N = nitrides behaving like a barrier against

(Can L. Richards, Technical report. University of Missouri – Rolla. the diffusion of nitrose.
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