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According to standards ASTM A 576-17 Hot rolled Steel Lucefin Group

Chemical composition
C% Si% Mn% P% S% Product
max max deviations are
0,15-0,20 a) 0,60-0,90 0,040 0,050 allowed
± 0.02 ± 0.03 + 0.008 + 0.008
NOTE: if fine grain min. 5 is specified in the order, total aluminium content shoul be of not less than 0.020%
In case of a 0.15 to 0.35% lead addition, the steel is identified as 10L18
a) the following values are usually specified at the time of order placement: 0.10 max, 0.10-0.20, 0.15-0.35, 0.20-0.40, 0.30-0.60

Temperature °C
Hot-forming Soft annealing Normalizing Quenching Tempering
+A +N +Q +T
1180-900 650-700 920 880-900 oil polymer 550-620
furnace cooling air or water air
Pre-heating welding PWHT
not required slow cooling
Mechanical properties ASTM A311/A 311M: 2004 Cold-drawn stress-relieved (+SR > 288 °C) cl. A
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A Z reduct. HB for information
from to N/mm2 min N/mm2 min % min % min min
20 485 415 18 40 147
20 30 450 380 16 40 135
30 50 415 345 15 35 123
50 75 380 310 15 35 110
Cold-drawn mechanical properties; Lucefin experience
flats mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A Z reduct. HB M. elasticity Heat treatment
N/mm2 N/mm2 % % GPa
76 x 32 581 556 13,4 60,7 176 253 +U untreated
76 x 32 553 438 17,6 60,8 162 251 +T cold-drawn tempered at 550 °C
76 x 32 530 384 27,2 59,0 159 186 +T cold-drawn tempered at 620 °C
Hot-rolled indicative mechanical properties
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) Heat treatment
R Rp 0.2 A Z reduct. HB Carburizing at 925 °C, cooling at 250 °C, heating at
N/mm2 N/mm2 % % 780 °C, pause, then quenching in water and final
22 634 386 27 48 > 197 tempering at 180 °C
- - - - < 229 +U untreated
- - - - < 180 +A annealed
< 30 400 220 25 50 > 116 +N normalized (SAE J 1397)
Condition Cyclic yield strength, Cyclic strength exponent, Cyclic strength coefficient,
σ y’ N/mm2 n’ K ’ N/mm2
Hot-rolled +U 236 0,27 1259
Hot-rolled +QT 190 0,24 862
Condition Fatigue strength coefficient, σ f ’ N/mm2 Fatigue strength exponent, b Fatigue ductility coefficient, g f ’
Hot-rolled +U 782 - 0,11 0,19
Hot-rolled +QT 423 - 0,07 - 0,09
Estimated mechanical properties, for information Lucefin Group
size Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm R Rp 0.2 A% Z% HB
from to N/mm2 min N/mm2 min min min min
16 22 483 413 18 40 146 ASM vol. 1
22 32 448 379 16 40 131 Cold-drawn +C
32 51 414 345 15 35 121
51 76 379 310 15 35 111
16 22 448 310 20 45 131 ASM vol. 1
22 32 414 310 20 45 121 Cold-drawn stress relief
32 51 379 310 16 40 111 +C+SR at 480 °C
51 76 345 276 15 40 101
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P265NL C18 1.0405 080A15 / 080A17 SAE 1018