Designation
	
		
		
			| Name | The value | 
		
		
		
			| Designation GOST Cyrillic | 40ХНЛ | 
		
			| Designation GOST Latin | 40XHL | 
		
			| Transliteration | 40HNL | 
		
			| By chemical elements | 40CrН | 
		
	
 
			Description
			40KHNL steel is used: for the manufacture of castings to various industrial purpose.
Standards
    
        
        
            | Name | Code | Standards | 
        
        
        
	| Steel castings | В82 | GOST 977-88 | 
        
    
 
Chemical composition
	
		
		
			| Standard | C | S | P | Mn | Cr | Si | Ni | Fe | 
		
		
		
	| GOST 977-88 | 0.35-0.45 | ≤0.04 | ≤0.04 | 0.4-0.9 | 0.5-0.8 | 0.2-0.5 | 1-1.5 | Rest | 
		
	
 
Fe is the basis. 
 GOST 977-88 allows the introduction of titanium in an amount of up to 0.15% in order to improve the mechanical properties.
	Mechanical properties
	
		
			
			
				
| Section, mm | sT|s0,2, MPa | σU, MPa | d | y, % | KCU, kJ/m2 | 
			
			
			
	| Annealing in air from 830-870 °C + vacation at 550-650 °C, air cooling | 
	
| 100 | ≥481 | ≥672 | ≥12 | ≥25 | ≥383 | 
			
		
	 
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 | 
	| d | Elongation after rupture | 
	| y | The relative narrowing | 
	| KCU | Toughness |