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Table 3 Recommended heat treatment data for carbon and alloy steels
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Designation of temperature Normalising Hardening Quenching Tempering
steel °C °C °C °C
30C8 1200–850 860–890 860–890 Water or oil 550–660
35C8 1200–850 850–880 840–880 Water or oil 530–760
40C8 1200–850 830–860 830–860 Water or oil 550–660
45C8 1200–850 830–860 830–860 Water or oil 530–670
50C8 1150–850 810–840 810–840 Oil 550–660
55C8 1150–850 810–840 810–840 Oil 550–660
40C10S18 1200–850 830–860 830–860 Oil 550–660
40Mn2S12 1200–850 840–870 840–870 Oil 550–660
20C15 1200–850 860–900 860–900 Water or oil 550–660
27C15 1200–850 840–880 840–880 Water or oil 550–660
37C15 1200–850 850–870 850–870 Water or oil 550–660
40Cr4 1200–850 850–880 850–880 Oil 550–700
35Mn6Mo3 1200–900 — 840–860 Water or oil 550–600
35Mn6Mo4 1200–900 — 840–860 Oil 550–660
40Cr4Mo3 1200–850 850–880 850–880 Oil 550–720
40Cr13Mo10V2 1200–850 – 900–940 Oil 570–650
40Cr7A110Mo2 1200–850 – 850–900 Oil 550–700
40Ni14 1200–850 830–860 830–860 Oil 550–650
35Ni10Cr3Mo6 1200–850 — 830–850 Oil Up to 660
40Ni10Cr3Mo6 1200–850 — 830–850 Oil Up to 660
40Ni6Cr4Mo2 1200–850 — 830–850 Oil 550–660
40Ni6Cr4Mo3 1200–850 — 830–850 Oil 150–200 or
550–660
35Ni3Cr5 1200–850 — 810–830 Air or Oil 250
Table 4 Hardness obtained by Induction/Flame hardening
Steel designation Hardness, HRC
C30 45–50
C 35 Mn 75 51–57
C 45 55–61
C 55 57–62
37 Mn 2 53–59
47 Mn 2 54–60
35 Mn 2 Mo 28 53–59
40 Cr 1 54–60
50 Cr 1 57–62
50 Cr 1 V 23 57–62
40 Cr 1 Mo 28 54–60
40 Ni 3 54–60
35 Ni 1 Cr 60 54–60
40 Ni 2 Cr1 Mo 28 54–60