15-5pH steel alloy was designed to have greater toughness than 17-4 PH. The 15-5 alloy is martensitic in structure in the annealed condition and is further strengthened by a relatively low temperature heat treatment which precipitates a copper containing phase in the alloy. 15-5 is also referred to as XM-12 in some specifications
C |
Cr |
Ni |
Si |
Mn |
P |
S |
Cu |
Nb |
≤0.07 |
14.0-15.5 |
3.5-5.5 |
≤1.0 |
≤1.0 |
≤0.04 |
≤0.03 |
2.5-4.5 |
0.15-0.45 |
Density |
Electric resistivity |
Heat specific capacity |
Thermal expansion coefficient |
7.8 |
0.98 |
460 |
10.8 |
Condition |
бb/N/mm2 |
б0.2/N/mm2 |
δ5/% |
ψ |
HRC |
|
Precipitation |
480℃ageing |
1310 |
1180 |
10 |
35 |
≥40 |
550℃ageing |
1070 |
1000 |
12 |
45 |
≥35 |
|
580℃ageing |
1000 |
865 |
13 |
45 |
≥31 |
|
620℃ageing |
930 |
725 |
16 |
50 |
≥28 |
AMS 5659, AMS 5862,ASTM-A564 (XM-12),BMS 7-240 (Boeing),W. Nr./EN 1.4545
• Precipitation Hardening
• High Strength
• Moderate corrosion resistance to 600°F
• Aerospace applications
• Chemical and petrochemical applications
• Pulp and paper
• Food processing