41 CR 4
41 CR 4
41 CR 4
Temperature °C
Hot-forming Normalizing Quenching Tempering Stress-relieving
+N +Q +T +SR
1100-850 860 820-860 540-680 50° under the
air oil, polymer air temperature of
or water tempering
Soft Isothermal Spheroidizing End quench Pre-heating welding Stress-relieving
annealing +A annealing +I +AC hardenability test after welding
680 820 furnace cooling 720-740 840 300 550 furnace cooling
air to 650, then air furnace water AC1 AC3 MS Mf
(HB max 241) (HB 190-220) cooling 750 790 310 100
Mechanical properties
41Cr4 1.0735 – 41CrS4 1.7039 Hot-rolled mechanical properties in quenched and tempered condition ISO 683-2: 2018
size d / t Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm R Rp 0.2 A% Z% Kv2 HBW
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min. min. min. J min. for information
16/8 1000-1200 800 11 30 - 298-359
16/8 40/20 900-1100 660 12 35 35 271-331
40/20 100/60 800-950 560 14 40 35 240-286
d = diameter t = thickness
Table of tempering values obtained at room temperature on rounds of Ø 10 mm after quenching at 850 °C in oil
HB 568 560 525 496 468 442 409 376 340 301 264 237
HRC 55.5 55 53 51 49 47 44 40.5 36.5 32 27 22
R N/mm2 2130 2080 1950 1830 1700 1580 1420 1280 1120 1000 880 790
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 1580 1590 1580 1530 1470 1380 1260 1140 1020 890 780 680
A % 6.8 7.5 7.6 7.9 8.8 9.8 11.0 12.6 14.5 17.2 20.0 22.8
Z % 28 35 38 41 44 46 48 52 56 60 64 67
Kv J 16 24 24 15 15 26 30 38 46 90 124 132
Tempering at °C 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
41Cr4 1.7035 - 41CrS4 1.7039 EN 10277: 2018 Lucefin Group
Hot-rolled annealed and Cold-drawn +A+C Hot-rolled annealed and Peeled +A+SH
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A% HBW R Rp 0.2 A% HB
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min max N/mm2 N/mm2 min min max
5 10 - - - 295 - - - -
10 16 - - - 285 - - - -
16 40 - - - 280 - - - 241
40 63 - - - 270 - - - 241
63 100 - - - 270 - - - 241
Hot-rolled, quenched and tempered and Cold-drawn +QT+C Hot-rolled quenched and tempered + Peeled +QT+SH
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) c) Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) e)
R Rp 0.2 A% Kv2 R Rp 0.2 A% Kv2
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min J min N/mm2 min N/mm2 min J min
5 b) 10 1000-1200 770 8 - - - - -
10 16 1000-1200 750 8 - - - - -
16 40 900-1100 670 9 - 900-1100 660 12 35
40 63 800-1000 570 10 - 800-950 560 14 35
63 100 800-1000 570 11 - 800-950 560 14 35
c) for flats and special sections, tensile strength (R) may differ by ± 10% e) values valid also for +C+QT
b) for thickness < 5 mm, mechanical properties should be