Blade Steel Guide

Metal		Properties
Carbon (C)		- Increases edge retention and raises tensile strength - Increases hardness and improves resistance to wear and abrasion

Chromium (Cr)		- Increases hardness, tensile strength and toughness - Provides resistance to wear and corrosion

Cobalt (Co)		- Increases strength and hardness and permits quenching in higher temperatures - Intensifies the individual effects of other elements in more complex steels

Copper (Cu)		- Increases corrosion resistance - Increases wear resistance

Manganese (Mn)		- Increases hardenability, wear resistance and tensile strength - De-oxidizes and de-gasifies to remove oxygen from molten metal - In larger quantities, increases hardness and brittleness

Molybdenum (Mo)		- Increases strength, hardness, hardenability, and toughness - Improves machinability and resistance to corrosion

Nickel (Ni)		- Adds strength, hardness and corrosion resistance

Phosphorous (P)		- Improves strength, machinability and hardness - Creates brittleness in high concentrations

Silicon (Si)		- Increases yield strength - Increases tensile strength - De-oxidizes and de-gasifies to remove oxygen from molten metal

Sulphur (S)		- Improves machinability when used in minute quantities

Tungsten (W)		- Adds strength, toughness and hardness

Vanadium (V)		- Increases strength, hardness and resistance to shock impact - Retards grain growth

SERIES	Type
1XXX	Carbon
13XX	Manganese
2XXX	Nickel
23XX	3.5% Nickel
25XX	5.0% Nickel
3XXX	Nickel/Chrome
4XXX	Molybdenum
40XX	Carbon/Moly
41XX	Chrome/Moly
43XX	Chrome/Moly/Nickel
46/48XX	Moly/Nickel
5XXX	Chromium
51XX	Low Chromium
52XX	Medium Chromium
53XX	High Chromium
6XXX	Chromium/Vanadium
86/87XX	Nickel/Chromium/Moly
92XX	Manganese/Silicon

CODE	Type
A	Air-hardening
D	Die steel
F	Carbon/Tungsten
H	Hot work alloys
L	Low alloy
M	Molybdenum
O	Oil hardening
P	Casting steel
S	Shock resistant
T	Tungsten
W	Water hardening

Basic Cross Reference Chart

(if you are aware of some missing Steel and/or Cross References, please contact me)

AISI/ AMS/SAE/UNS (USA)

WN (Germany)

DIN (Germany)

EN (European Union)

Forging Steels
OTHER	AISI	AMS	SAE	UNS	WN	DIN	EN
	1065				1.0655
	1075				1.0614		1.0614
	1080						EN-JS1080
	1084				1.1830	C 85 W
	1086				1.0616		1.0616
	1095				1.0618		1.0618
	O-1				1.2510	100 MnCrW 4	95 MnWCr 5
	E52100		52100		1.3505	100 Cr 6	100 Cr 6
	5160				1.2125	65 MnCr 4
Stock Removal Steels
OTHER	AISI	AMS	SAE	UNS	WN	DIN	EN
	D2				1.2379 & 1.2601	X155 CrVMo 12 1	X160 CrMoV 12 1
	440C				1.4125	X105CrMo17	1.4125 & X 105 CrMo 17
ATS34
AUS8
BG42		5749	AMS 5749	S42700
CPMS30V
CPM-440V
RWL-34
CPM-54

Click here for a more extended Cross Reference Chart
Key to Steel, another very good source, look at they Cross Reference Demo)

Composition

Stainless Steel
Steel	Carbon (C) %	Manganese (Mn) %	Chromium (Cr) %	Nickel (Ni) %	Vanadium (V) %	Molybdenum (Mo)%	Tungsten (W) %	Cobalt (Co) %	Typical Hardness
420J2	0.15	1.0	12.00-14.00	—	—	—	—	—	49 - 53
420HC	0.40-0.50	0.8	12.00-14.00	—	0.18	0.6	—	—	49 - 53
425 Mod	0.54	0.35	13.50	—	—	1.00	—	—	60
440A	0.65-0.75	1.0	16.00-18.00	—	—	0.75	—	—	56
440B	0.75-0.95	1.00	16.00-18.00	—	—	0.75	—	—	56
440C	0.95 - 1.20	1.0	16.00-18.00	—	—	0.75	—	—	58
440XH	1.60	0.50	16.00	0.35	0.45	0.80	—	—	—
AUS-6	0.55-0.65	1.0	13.00-14.50	0.49	0.10-0.25	—	—	—	56
AUS-8	0.70-0.75	0.5	13.00-14.50	0.49	0.10 - 0.26	0.10 - 0.30	—	—	56
AUS-10	0.95-1.10	0.50	13.00-14.50	0.49	0.10-0.27	0.10-0.31	—	—	—
GIN-1	0.90	0.60	15.50	—	—	0.30	—	—	58
Sandvic 12C27	0.60	0.40	13.5	—	—	—	—	—	54
Sandvic 12C27 Mod	0.52	.60	14.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sandvik 120C	0.58	0.35	14.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
154CM	1.05	0.5	14.0	—	—	4.0	—	—	58 - 62
ATS34	1.05	0.40	14.00	—	—	4.0	—	—	58
ATS-55	1.00	0.50	14.00	—	—	0.60	—	0.40	60
VG-10	0.95-1.05	0.50	14.50-15.50	—	0.10-0.30	0.90-1.20	—	1.30-1.50	58
BG-42	1.15	0.50	14.50	—	1.20	4.00	—	—	58 - 61
MBS-26	0.85-1.00	0.30-0.60	13.00-15.00	—	—	0.15-0.25	—	—	—
MRS-30	1.12	0.50	14.00	—	0.25	0.60	—	—	—
CPM420V	2.20	—	13.00	—	9.00	1.00	—	—	—
CPM440V	2.15	0.40	17.00	—	5.50	0.40	—	—	57 - 58
CPM-S30V®	1.45	—	14.00	—	4.00	2.00	—	—	—
CPM-S60V®	2.15	0.40	17.00	—	5.50	0.40	—	—	55 - 58
CPM-S90V®	2.30	—	14.00	—	9.00	1.00	—	—	56 - 58
RWL34	1.05	0.50	14.00	—	0.20	4.00	—	—	—
X-15 TN	0.42	0.46	15.55	0.30	0.29	1.70	—	—	58
ZDP-189	3.00	—	20.00	—	—	—	—	—	63 - 67
COWRY-X	3.00	—	20.00	—	0.30	1.00	—	—	63 - 67
COWRY-Y	1.20	—	14.00	—	1.00	3.00	—	—	61 - 64
20-CV	1.90	0.30	20.00	—	4.00	1.00	0.60	—	—
Stellite 6K	1.90	2.00	32.00	3.00	—	1.50	4.50	64.00
Talonite 6BH	0.90 - 1.40	2.00	28.0 - 32.0	3.00	—	1.50	4.50	64.00
Steel	Carbon (C) %	Manganese (Mn) %	Chromium (Cr) %	Nickel (Ni) %	Vanadium (V) %	Molybdenum (Mo) %	Tungsten (W) %	Cobalt (Co) %	Typical Hardness

Steel	Carbon (C) %	Manganese (Mn) %	Chromium (Cr) %	Nickel (Ni) %	Vanadium (V) %	Molybdenum (Mo) %	Tungsten (W) %	Cobalt (Co) %	Typical Hardness
Non Stainless Steel
Steel	Carbon (C) %	Manganese (Mn) %	Chromium (Cr) %	Nickel (Ni) %	Vanadium (V) %	Molybdenum (Mo) %	Tungsten (W) %	Cobalt (Co) %	Typical Hardness
H-1	0.15	2.00	14.00-16.00	6.00-8.00	—	0.50-1.50	—	—	—
O-1	0.85 - 1.00	1.00 - 1.40	0.40 - 0.60	0.30	0.30	—	—	—	—
W-1	0.70-1.50	0.10-0.40	0.15	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.50	—	—
W-2	0.85-1.50	0.10-0.40	0.15	0.20	0.15-0.35	0.10	0.15	—	—
1095	0.90-1.03	0.30-0.50	—	—	—	—	—	—	59
5160	0.56-0.64	0.75-1.00	0.70-0.90	—	—	—	—	—	—
52100	.98-1.10	.25-.45	1.30-1.60	—	—	—	—	—	—
A-2	0.95-1.05	1.00	4.75-5.50	0.30	0.15-0.50	0.90-1.40	—	—	—
D-2	1.40-1.60	0.60	11.00-13.00	0.30	1.10	0.70-1.20	—	—	58 - 61
G-2	0.9	0.6	15.5	—	—	0.3	—	—	—
M-2	0.95-1.05	0.15-0.40	3.75-4.50	0.30	2.25-2.75	4.75-6.50	5.00-6.75	—	—
L-6	0.65-0.75	0.25-0.80	0.60-1.20	1.25-2.00	0.20-0.30	0.50	—	—	—
CPM 1V®	0.55	—	4.5	—	1.0	2.75	2.15	—	56 - 59
CPM 3V®	0.80	—	7.50	—	2.75	1.30	—	—	58 - 60
CPM 9V®	1.8	0.5	5.25	—	9.0	1.3	—	—	53 - 56
CPM 10V®	2.45	0.50	5.25	—	9.75	1.30	—	—	58 - 62
CPM 15V®	3.4	0.5	5.25	—	14.5	1.3	—	—	59 - 62
Hitachi Blue Super Steel	1.40-1.50	0.20-0.30	0.30-0.50	—	0.50	0.30-0.50	2.00-2.50	—	—
Hitachi Shirogami 1	1.30	0.20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
WASCOWEAR	1.12	0.30	7.75	—	2.40	1.60	1.10	—	—
SK4	1.00	0.50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Junkyard

Item	Steel
Railroad Spikes	1030
Wire cable/Plow steel	1065
Wire cable/Improved plow steel	1075
Wire cable/Extra improved plow steel	1095
Leaf springs	5160
Car coil springs	5160
Files	W1 or W2 or 1095
Saw Blades	L6, many are High Carbon Steel.
Air hammer bits	S5
Bearing races	52100, many Case Hardened 8620.
Ball bearings	52100
High speed steel drill rod	M2
Drill rod	W1
Lawnmower blades	5160 or 5150
Gun barrels	4140

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