Steel 38KHM (42ХМ)

Designation

Name The value
Designation GOST Cyrillic 38ХМ
Designation GOST Latin 38XM
Transliteration 38HM
By chemical elements 38CrMo
Name The value
Designation GOST Cyrillic 42ХМ
Designation GOST Latin 42XM
Transliteration 42HM
By chemical elements 42CrMo

Description

38KHM steel is used: for the manufacture of critical turbine parts and compressor rings for turbine generators, operating at temperatures up to 400 °C.

Note

Structural steel high-quality chrome-molybdenum.
The replacement of Mo by W the steel has a marked 38KHV.

Standards

Name Code Standards
Bars and shapes В32 GOST 4543-71, GOST 14955-77, TU 14-1-2118-77, TU 14-1-4864-90, TU 14-1-4865-90, TU 14-1-4866-90, TU 14-11-245-88, TU 14-1-5228-93, TU 14-136-367-2008
Bars and shapes В22 GOST 8319.0-75
Blanks. Of the workpiece. Slabs В31 OST 3-1686-90, TU 14-1-4944-90, TU 14-133-180-94
Processing of metals by pressure. Forgings В03 TU 3-896-78, TU 108.11.931-87

Mechanical properties

Section, mm sT|s0,2, MPa σU, MPa d5, % y, % KCU, kJ/m2
Quenching in oil from 850 °C + vacation at 580 °C, air cooling
≤25 885 980 11 45 690
Forged billet rings for turbine generators of thermal power plants up to 500 MW I-VIII categories THAT 3-896-78 (samples tangential)
- 294 491 16 30 294
- 392 589 16 30 491
- 491 687 16 30 392
- 589 765 16 35 491
- 687 834 14 35 491
- 785 932 13 35 392
- 883 1010 12 30 392
- 981 1079 11 30 294

Description mechanical marks

Name Description
sT|s0,2 Yield strength or limit of proportionality with a tolerance for residual deformation of 0.2%
σU Limit short-term strength
d5 Elongation after rupture
y The relative narrowing
KCU Toughness