AISI 3100
AISI 3100
AISI 3100
This data sheet applies for hot and cold rolled sheet, strip and bars, semi-finished products, rods and sections as well as for seamless and welded
steel tubes for mechanical and general engineering purposes.
Application
For construction parts which should be resistant to scaling up to about 1050°C and extensively inured to the effect of sulfurous gases, especially
above 900°C, is very low.
Product Form C Si Mn P S Cr Ni N
C, H, P, L ≤ 0.10 ≤ 1.50 ≤ 2.00 ≤ 0.045 ≤ 0.015 24.00 - 26.00 19.00 - 22.00 ≤ 0.11
TW/S* ≤ 0.15 ≤ 0.75 ≤ 2.00 ≤ 0.45 ≤ 0.030 24.00 - 26.00 19.00 - 22.00 -
C = cold-rolled strip H = hot-rolled strip P = hot rolled sheet L= semi-finished products, bars and sections TW = welded tubes TS = seamless tubes
* according to DIN EN 1026-2;2005-02 / DIN EN 10297-2;2007-06
Tensile
Proof Strength3) Elongation min. in %
Strength
Thickness a
Product Form or diameter d HB max. 1) 2) 3) Flat Products
mm Long Products
Rp0.2 N/mm2 Rp1.0 N/mm2 Rm N/mm2 3)
0.5 ≤ a/d < 3 3 ≤ a/d
C, H, P a ≤ 12
192 210 250 500-700 351) 33 4)5) 354)5)
L d ≤ 25
TW/S* - - 230 270 min. 500 334)/355) 354)5)6) 354)5)6)
1)
The maximum HB values may be raised by 100 units or the maximum tensile strength value may be raised by 200 N/mm2 and the minimum
elongation value be lowered to 20% for cold worked sections and bars of ≤ 35mm thickness.
2)
For guidance only.
3)
For rod, only the tensile values apply.
4)
Longitudinal test piece.
5)
Transverse test piece
6)
After cold forming the elongation for wall thicknesses ≤ 35mm amounts to minimum 20%.
Creep Properties (estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature*)
1)
Stress related to the output cross section, which leads after 1,000 or 10,000 h to a permanent elongation of 1%.
2)
Stress related to the output cross section, which leads after 1,000 or 10,000 or 100,000 h to breakage.
* For guidance only
1)
Heat treatment is not necessary in any case, since the material is exposed to high temperatures during application.
2)
If heat treatment is carried out in a continuous furnace, the upper part of the range specified is usually preferred or even exceeded.
3)
Cooling has to be effected fast enough.
Processing / Welding
Standard welding processes for this steel grade are:
▪▪ TIG-Welding
▪▪ MAG-Welding Solid Wire
▪▪ Arc Welding (E)
▪▪ Laser Bean Welding
Filler Metal
Process
Similar D Higher Alloyed C, CM
TIG Thermanit C Si / 1.4842 + Thermanit CR -
MAG Solid Wire Thermanit C Si / 1.4842 + thermanit CR -
Arc Welding (E) Thermanit C / 1.4842 + Thermanit CR -
Laser Beam Welding See Page 3 -
Preheating is not necessary for this steel. Interpass temperature should not exceed 150°C. Heat treatment after welding is normally not usual.
Austenitic steels have only 30% of the thermal conductivity of non-alloyed steels. Their fusion point is lower than that of non-alloyed steels,
therefore austentic steels have to be welded with lower heat input than non-alloyed steels.
To avoid overheating or burn-through of thinner sheets, higher welding speed has to be applied. Copper back-up plates for faster heat rejection are
functional, whereas, to avoid cracks in the solder metal, it is not allowed to surface-fuse the copper back-up plate.
This steel has an extensively higher coefficient of thermal expansion as non-alloyed steels. In connection with a worse thermal conductivity, a
greater distortion has to be expected.
When welding 1.4845 all procedures, which work against this distortion (e.g. back-step sequence welding, welding alternately on opposite sides
with double-V butt weld, assignment of two welders when the components are accordingly large) have to be respected notably. For product
thicknesses over 12mm the double-V butt weld has to be preferred instead of a single-V butt weld. The included angle should be 60° - 70°, when
using MIG-welding about 50° is enough. An accumulation of weld seams should be avoided.
Tack welds have to be affixed with relatively shorter distances from each other (significantly shorter than those of non-alloyed steels), in order to
prevent strong deformation, shrinking or flaking tack welds. The tacks should be subsequently grinded or at least be free from crater cracks.
1.4845 in connection with austenitic weld metal and too high heat input the addiction to heat cracks exists. The addiction to heat cracks can
be confined, if the weld metal features a lower content of ferrite (delta ferrite). Contents of ferrite up to 10% have a favourable effect and do not
affect the corrosion resistance generally. The thinnest layer possible has to be welded (stringer bead technique) because a higher cooling speed
decreases the addiction to hot cracks.
A preferably fast cooling has to be aspired whole welding as well, to avoid the vulnerability to intergranular corrosion and embrittlement.
1.4845 is very suitable for laser beam welding. With a welding groove width smaller 0.3mm respectively 0.1mm product thickness the use of filler
metals is not necessary. With larger welding grooves a similar filler metal can be used. With avoiding oxidation within the seam surface during laser
beam welding by applicable backhand welding, e.g. Helium as inhert gas, the welding seam is as corrosion resistant as the base metal. A hot crack
hazard for the welding seam does not exist, when choosing an applicable process.
1.4845 is also suitable for laser beam fusion cutting with nitrogen or flame cutting with oxygen. The cut edges only have small heat affected zones
and are generally free of micro cracks and thus are well formable. While choosing an applicable process the fusion cut edges can be converted
directly. Especially, they can be welded without any further preparation.
While processing only stainless tools like steel brushes , pneumatic picks and so on are allowed, in order to not endanger the passivation.
It should be neglected to mark within the welding seam zone with oleaginous bolts or temperature indicating crayons.
The high corrosion resistance of this stainless steel is based on the formation of a homogeneous, compact passive layer on the surface. Annealing
colours, scales, slag residues, tramp iron, spatters and such like have to be removed, in order to not destroy the passive layer.
For cleaning the surface the processes brushing, grinding, pickling or blasting (iron-free silica sand or glass spheres) can be applied. For brushing
only stainless steel brushes can be used. Pickling of the previously brushed seam area is carried out by dipping and spraying, however, often
pickling pastes or solutions are used. After pickling a careful flush with water has to be done.
Remark
In quenched condition the material can be slightly magnetizable. With increasing cold forming the magnetizability increases.
Heat resisting tubes are delivered regarding testing in accordance to DIN EN 10296-2 respectively DIN EN 10297-2.
In Germany, SEW 470 still applies for heat resisting tubes.
Editor
thyssenkrupp Materials (UK) Ltd
Cox’s Lane
Cradley Heath
West Midlands
B64 5QU
Important Note
Information given in this data sheet about the condition or usability of materials respectively products are no warranty for their properties, but act as
a description.
The information, we give on for advice, comply to the experiences of the manufacturer as well as our own. We cannot give warranty for the results
of processing and application of the products.