15–5 PH stainless steel , a modification of 17-4 PH, is a martensitic, precipitation hardening alloy with chromium, nickel and copper. Alloy 15-5 offers high strength and hardness with good fabrication properties and excellent corrosion resistance, which makes it suitable for many industries and applications that require high transverse strength and toughness such as engine parts, aircraft components, nuclear reactor components, valves, gears, pumps, etc.
15-5 PH is available in Bar,, Forgings, Tube, Wire, Rings, Sheet, Strip and Plate. Contact Teknika4 for further availability.
Mechanical Properties | Metric | Imperial |
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Tensile Strength | 1380 MPa | 200000 psi |
Yield Strength | 1275 MPa | 184900 psi |
Modulus of Elasticity | 200 GPa | 29000 ksi |
Elongation at Break | 10% | 10% |
Hardness, Brinell | 420 | 420 |
Hardness, Knoop | 451 | 451 |
Hardness, Rockwell B | 104 | 104 |
Hardness, Rockwell C | 44.2 | 44.2 |
Hardness, Vickers | 445 | 445 |
Charpy Impact | 10 J | 7.38 ft.lb |
Chemical Composition | Content (%) |
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Fe | 75 |
Cr | 14.48 |
Ni | 4.5 |
Cu | 3.5 |
Mn | ≤1 |
Si | ≤1 |
Nb + Ta | 0.3 |
C | ≤0.07 |
P | ≤0.04 |
S | ≤0.03 |