Mat.No. 1.2376, DIN X96CrMoV12

Designation by Standards

Chemical Composition (in weight %)

Description
Chromium cold work tool steel with high durability and cutting performance for very tough items. 

Applications
Wear resisting tools, pressure die casting tools, pressing tools for light and heavy metals. This steel grade can be water cooled. 

Physical properties (avarage values) at ambient temperature
Modulus of elasticity [10³ x N/mm²]: 210 
Density [g/cm³]: 7.72

Continuous Cooling Transformation (CCT) Diagram

Soft Annealing
Heat to 820-850^oC, cool slowly. This will produce a maximum Brinell hardness of 250.

Stress Relieving
Stress relieving to remove machining stresses should be carried out by heating to 650^oC, holding for one hour at heat, followed by air cooling. This operation is performed to reduce distortion during heat treatment.

Hardening
Harden from a temperature of 1030-1060^oC followed by oil quenching or warm bath quenching 350-450^oC. Hardness after quenching is 62-63 HRC.

Tempering
Tempering temperature: See the data bellow.

Tempering Diagram

Forging
Hot forming temperature: 1050-900^oC. 

Machinability
No data.

Disclaimer
The information and data presented herein are typical or average values and are not a guarantee of maximum or minimum values. Applications specifically suggested for material described herein are made solely for the purpose of illustration to enable the reader to make his own evaluation and are not intended as warranties, either express or implied, of fitness for these or other puposes. There is no representation that the recipient of this literature will receive updated editions as the become available.