Ferrous & Steels
Tool Steels
- Grades
- 10
- Elements tabulated
- 11
Overview
Cold-work, hot-work and shock-resisting tool steels selected for hardness, toughness and dimensional stability in tooling and dies.
IMS handles tool steels as both prime material and as arisings recovered from industrial processing. Material is sorted and segregated by grade, so it returns to the melt as a known specification rather than a mixed stream.
Properties
- Wear Resistant
- High Hardness
Applications
- Tools and Dies (Cold Work)
- Hot Work Dies
Chemical composition
10 grades · percentage by weight
| Grade | Co | Cr | Ni | Fe | Mo | V | Cu | Al | W | C | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2 | – | 13 | – | BAL | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 1.6 | – |
| D3 | – | 13 | – | BAL | – | – | – | – | – | 2.1 | – |
| D6 | – | 13 | – | BAL | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2.1 | – |
| H10A | 3 | 3 | – | BAL | 2.8 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 0.33 | 1.0 Si |
| H11 | – | 5 | – | BAL | 1.5 | 0.4 | – | – | – | 0.38 | 1.0 Si |
| H12 | – | 5 | – | BAL | 1.5 | 0.3 | – | – | 1.5 | 0.35 | 1.0 Si |
| H13 | – | 5 | – | BAL | 1.4 | 1 | – | – | – | 0.4 | 1.0 Si |
| H19 | 4.25 | 4.25 | – | BAL | – | – | – | – | 4.25 | 0.4 | – |
| H21 | – | 2.75 | – | BAL | – | 0.3 | – | – | 9 | 0.3 | – |
| H21A (or N) | – | 3 | 2.5 | BAL | – | 0.25 | – | – | 9 | 0.3 | – |
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* indicates maximum. The figures shown are nominal compositions of the various alloys. Values are reproduced from IMS technical data and are provided for identification purposes; confirm the specification against your own requirement before ordering.
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