Steel grade Standard Designation

Search for a specific grade by first choosing standard in the left column and then the grade name
in the right column.

Type of steel
Steel group Product Casting Quality
Bar
Wire
Tube & Ring
Ingot
Continuous Billet
Continuous Bloom
BQ
PBQ
IQ
M
Chemical composition Also alloyed with
C Si Mn S Cr Mo Ni
Nb V Al W B


You can search for specific kind of steel grades by combining searches on steel group, quality,
process type, product and chemical composition.
The steel group describes what the steel is suitable for, like for example cold heading,
carburizing or bearing applications.
A specific quality is either a cleanliness specification or a M-treatment.
Process is the casting procedure for the specified steel, and product marks the available
products for that steel.
With chemical composition you can search on the level of the most common alloying elements
(C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni) or if it is additionally alloyed with Al, B, Nb, V or W.

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