AMS5639 REV.

J
AEROSPACE
INTERNATIONAL ® MATERIAL SPECIFICATION Issued 1953- 06
Reaffirmed 2007- 04
Revised 2017- 01

Superseding AMS5639H

Steel, Corrosion - Resistant , Bars, Wire, Forgings, Mechanical Tubing , and Rings
19Cr - 10Ni
Solution Heat Treated
( Composition similar to UNS S30400)

RATIONALE

AMS5639J revises condition (3.2.1.1. 2) , hardness (3.3. 2.3) , reports (4.4) , and is a Five - Year Review and update of this
specification.

1. SCOPE

1.1 Form

This specification covers a corrosion-resistant steel in the form of bars, wire, forgings, mechanical tubing, flash welded rings
and stock for forging or flash welded rings.

1.2 Application

These products have been used typically for parts requiring corrosion and heat resistance up to 800 SF ( 427 SC) , but usage
is not limited to such applications. Welding, brazing, or other exposure to temperatures over 800 SF ( 427 aC) during
fabrication may impair corrosion resistance.

2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

The issue of the following documents in effect on the date of the purchase order forms a part of this specification to the
extent specified herein. The supplier may work to a subsequent revision of a document unless a specific document issue is
specified. When the referenced document has been cancelled and no superseding document has been specified, the last
published issue of that document shall apply.

2.1 SAE Publications

Available from SAE International, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096 -0001, Tel: 877- 606-7323 ( inside USA
and Canada) or +1 724- 776- 4970 ( outside USA), www.sae.org.

AMS2241 Tolerances, Corrosion and Heat - Resistant Steel, Iron Alloy, Titanium, and Titanium Alloy Bars and Wire

AMS2243 Tolerances, Corrosion and Heat - Resistant Steel Tubing

AMS2248 Chemical Check Analysis Limits, Corrosion and Heat - Resistant Steels and Alloys, Maraging and Other
Highly- Alloyed Steels, and Iron Alloys

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AMS2371 Quality Assurance Sampling and Testing, Corrosion and Heat - Resistant Steels and Alloys, Wrought
Products and Forging Stock

AMS2374 Quality Assurance Sampling and Testing, Corrosion and Heat - Resistant Steel and Alloy Forgings

AMS2806 Identification, Bars , Wire, Mechanical Tubing, and Extrusions, Carbon and Alloy Steels and Corrosion and
Heat - Resistant Steels and Alloys

AMS2808 Identification, Forgings

AMS7490 Rings , Flash Welded, Corrosion and Heat - Resistant Austenitic Steels and Austenitic - Type Alloys, or
Precipitation Hardenable Alloys

ARP 1917 Clarification of Terms Used in Aerospace Metals Specifications

2.2 ASTM Publications

Available from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428 - 2959, Tel: 610-
832-9585, www.astm.org

ASTM A 262 Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels

ASTM A 370 Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

ASTM E140 Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell
Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, Scleroscope Hardness, and Leeb Hardness

ASTM E353 Chemical Analysis of Stainless, Heat - Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium -Nickel- Iron Alloys

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Composition

Shall conform to the percentages by weight shown in Table 1 , determined by wet chemical methods in accordance with
ASTM E353, by spectrochemical methods, or by other analytical methods acceptable to purchaser .

Table 1 - Composition

Element Min Max

Carbon 0.08
Manganese 2.00
Silicon 1.00
Phosphorus 0.040
Sulfur 0.030
Chromium 18.00 20.00
Nickel 8.00 12.00
Molybdenum 1.00
Copper 1.00

3.1.1 Check Analysis

Composition variations shall meet the applicable requirements of AMS2248 .

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3.2 Condition

The product shall be supplied in the following condition :

3.2.1 Bars, Wire, Forgings, Mechanical Tubing, and Flash Welded Rings

Solution heat treated .

3.2.1.1 Bars and Wire

3.2.1.1.1 All hexagons , regardless of size, other bars 2.75 inches ( 69.8 mm) and under in nominal diameter or least
distance between parallel sides, and wire shall be cold finished.

3.2.1.1.2 Bars , other than hexagons, over 2.75 inches (69.8 mm ) in nominal diameter or least distance between parallel
sides shall be cold finished or hot finished and descaled.

3.2.1.2 Mechanical Tubing

Shall be cold finished.

3.2.1.3 Flash Welded Rings

Shall not be supplied unless specified or permitted on purchaser’s part drawing. When supplied, rings shall be manufactured
in accordance with AMS7490.

3.2.2 Stock for Forging or Flash Welded Rings

As ordered by the forging or flash welded ring manufacturer.

3.3 The product shall conform to the following requirements; tensile and hardness testing shall be performed in
accordance with ASTM A370.

3.3.1 Tensile Properties

3.3.1.1 Bars and Forgings over 0.50 inch (12.7 mm) in Nominal Diameter or Least Distance Between Parallel Sides

Shall be as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 - Minimum tensile properties

Property Value
Tensile Strength 75 ksi ( 517 MPa)
Yield Strength at 0.2% Offset 30.0 ksi ( 207 MPa)
Elongation in 4D 40%
Reduction of Area 50%

3.3.1.2 Wire

Shall have tensile strength of 85 to 125 ksi (586 to 862 MPa) .

3.3.2 Hardness

3.3. 2.1 Forgings and Flash Welded Rings

Shall be not higher than 187 HB , or equivalent ( see 8.2) .

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3.3.2.2 Mechanical Tubing

Shall be not higher than 90 HRB, or equivalent ( see 8.2) , determined approximately midway between outer and inner
surfaces.

3.3.2.3 Bars

Shall be as shown in Table 3, or equivalent ( see 8.2) , determined approximately at mid - radius or quarter thickness.

Table 3 - Hardness, HB

Nominal Diameter or Least Nominal Diameter or Least

Distance Between Parallel Distance Between Parallel
Sides, Inch Sides , Millimeters Min Max
Up to 0.50, incl Up to 12.7, incl 140 255

3.3.3 Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack

Specimens from the product shall pass the intergranular corrosion test performed in accordance with ASTM A 262
Practice E.

3.4 Quality

The product , as received by purchaser, shall be uniform in quality and condition, sound, and free from foreign materials and
from imperfections detrimental to usage of the product .

3.4.1 Grain flow of die forgings, except in areas which contain flash-line end grain, shall follow the general contour of the
forgings showing no evidence of reentrant grain flow.

3.5 Tolerances

Shall be as follows:

3.5.1 Bars and Wire

In accordance with AMS2241.

3.5.2 Mechanical Tubing

In accordance with AMS2243.

4. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS

4.1 Responsibility for Inspection

The producer of the product shall supply all samples for producer’s tests and shall be responsible for the performance of all
required tests. Purchaser reserves the right to sample and to perform any confirmatory testing deemed necessary to ensure
that the product conforms to specified requirements.

4.2 Classification of Tests

4.2.1 Acceptance Tests

Composition (3.1) , tensile properties (3.3.1.1 or 3.3.1.2) , hardness (3.3. 2) , susceptibility to intergranular attack (3.3.3) , and
tolerances (3.5) are acceptance tests and shall be performed on each heat or lot as applicable.
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4.2.2 Periodic Tests

Grain flow of die forgings (3.4.1 ) is a periodic test and shall be performed at a frequency selected by the producer unless
frequency of testing is specified by purchaser.

4.3 Sampling and Testing

Shall be as follows:

4.3.1 Bars, Wire, Mechanical Tubing, Flash Welded Rings , and Stock for Forging or Flash Welded Rings

In accordance with AMS2371.

4.3.2 Forgings

In accordance with AMS2374.

4.4 Reports

The producer of the product shall furnish with each shipment a report showing the producer’s name and country where the
metal was melted (e . g., final melt in the case of metal processed by multiple melting operations) , and the following results
of tests and relevant information:

4.4.1 For each heat

Composition.

4.4.2 For each lot of bars, forgings, mechanical tubing, and flash welded rings

Tensile properties
Hardness
Susceptibility to intergranular attack.

4.4.3 A statement that the product conforms to the other technical requirements.

4.4.4 Purchase order number

Heat and lot numbers

AMS5639J
Size
Quantity

4.4.5 If forgings are supplied, the size and melt source of stock used to make the forgings.

4.4.6 The producer of forging stock shall furnish with each shipment a report showing the producer ' s name and country
where the metal was melted (e.g., final melt in the case of metal processed by multiple melting operations ) , and the
results of tests for composition. This report shall include the purchase order number , heat number , AMS5639J,
size and quantity.

4.5 Resampling and Retesting

Shall be as follows:

4.5.1 Bars , Wire, Mechanical Tubing, Flash Welded Rings , and Stock for Forging or Flash Welded Rings

In accordance with AMS2371.

4.5.2 Forgings

In accordance with AMS2374.

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5. PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY

5.1 Sizes

Except when exact lengths or multiples of exact lengths are ordered, straight bars, wire, and mechanical tubing will be
acceptable in mill lengths of 6 to 20 feet (1.8 to 6.1 m ) but not more than 10% of any shipment shall be supplied in lengths
shorter than 10 feet (3 m ).

5.2 Identification

Shall be as follows:

5.2.1 Bars , Wire, and Mechanical Tubing

In accordance with AMS2806 .

5.2.2 Forgings

In accordance with AMS2808 .

5.2.3 Flash Welded Rings and Stock for Forging or Flash Welded Rings

As agreed upon by purchaser and producer.

5.3 Packaging

The product shall be prepared for shipment in accordance with commercial practice and in compliance with applicable rules
and regulations pertaining to handling, packaging, and transportation of the product to ensure carrier acceptance and safe
delivery.

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

A producer shall mention this specification number and its revision letter in all quotations and when acknowledging purchase
orders.

7. REJECTIONS

Product not conforming to this specification, or to modifications authorized by purchaser , will be subject to rejection.

8. NOTES

8.1 Revision Indicator

A change bar (I) located in the left margin is for the convenience of the user in locating areas where technical revisions, not
editorial changes, have been made to the previous issue of this document. An ( R) symbol to the left of the document title
indicates a complete revision of the document , including technical revisions. Change bars and ( R ) are not used in original
publications, nor in documents that contain editorial changes only.

8.2 Hardness conversion tables for metals are presented in ASTM E140.

8.3 Terms used in AMS are clarified in ARP1917 and as follows :

8.4 Dimensions and properties in inch/pound units and the Fahrenheit temperatures are primary; dimensions and
properties in SI units and Celsius temperatures are shown as the approximate equivalents of the primary units and
are presented only for information.
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8.5 Purchase documents should specify not less than the following :

AMS5639J
Form and size or part number of product desired.
Quantity of product desired.

8.6 Similar Specifications

AMS -QQ - S-763/Federal QQ -S- 763, Composition 304, Condition A, is listed for information only and shall not be construed
as an acceptable alternate unless all requirements of this AMS are met.

PREPARED BY AMS COMMITTEE “F”