Annealed 52100 Chromium Steel
Alloy Steels
Property Overview
Density7.8g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength590MPa
Yield Strength360MPa
Brinell Hardness180HB
Maximum Service Temperature430°C
Chemical Composition
C
0.93 to 1.1%
CR
1.4 to 1.6%
MN
0.25 to 0.45%
SI
0.15 to 0.35%
P
0 to 0.025%
S
0 to 0.015%
FE
96.5 to 97.3%
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Elongation at Break
20 %
Fatigue Strength
250 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
72 GPa
Shear Strength
370 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
590 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
360 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
180
Physical
Density
7.8 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
430 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1450 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1410 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
47 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
13 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
19 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.3 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.5 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
100 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
350 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
21 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
20 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
2.4 % relative
Embodied Carbon
1.5 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
20 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
20 MJ/kg 8.5 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
51 L/kg
Embodied Water
51 L/kg 6.1 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
Annealed 52100 Chromium Steel
Standards
ASTM A295 ASTM A295: Standard Specification for High-Carbon Anti-Friction Bearing Steel
ASTM A295 ASTM A295: Standard Specification for High-Carbon Anti-Friction Bearing Steel Sintering of Advanced Materials: Fundamentals and Processes, Zhigang Zak Fang (editor), 2010