5CrNiMo steel has good toughness, strength and high wear resistance. It is a hot working die steel. Its mechanical properties are almost the same at room temperature and 500 ~ 600℃. When heated to 500℃, it can still maintain the hardness of HB300. Because the steel contains molybdenum, it is not sensitive to tempering brittleness. After cooling slowly from 600℃, the impact toughness decreases only slightly.

▶ 5CrNiMo、5CrMnMo Chemical Composition Comparation:

Grades	5CrNiMo	5CrMnMo
C	0.50~0.60	0.50~0.60
Si	≤0.40	0.25~0.60
Mn	0.50~0.80	1.20~1.60
Cr	0.50~0.80	0.60~0.90
Ni	1.40~1.80	≤0.25
Mo	0.15~0.30	0.15~0.30
Cu	≤0.25	≤0.25

5CrMnMo replaces nickel with manganese, which is the joint nickel steel of 5CrNiMo. Its strength is slightly higher than that of 5CrNiMo, but its hardenability and impact toughness are obviously lower, and its heat resistance fatigue performance [TJC STEEL]is also slightly inferior.According to the different performance characteristics of the two, 5CrNiMo is mostly used in the manufacture of medium-sized (die height greater than 300mm) or complex cavity hot forging dies;And 5CrMnMo is suitable for making small forging dies (die height less than 300mm).

5CrNiMo has good toughness and hardenability, and is insensitive to size effect.High strength can be maintained under 400℃, but the strength drops sharply above 400℃. For example, when the temperature rises to 550℃, the yield point drops by nearly half compared with room temperature.

Hot work die steels can be divided into low heat resistant steels (350 ~ 370℃), medium heat resistant steels (550 ~ 600℃) and high heat[TJC STEEL] resistant steels (580 ~ 650℃) according to different working temperatures.According to this definition, 5CrNiMo is a low heat resistance and high toughness hot work die steel.

There are two standards for 5CrNiMo steel in China: GB/T 24594-2009 (high quality alloy die steel) and GB/T 1299-2014 (die steel).

▶ 5CrNiMo’s Equivalent Materials in Different Standards

Standard	GB	AISI	JIS	W-Nr
Grades	5CrNiMo	L6	SKT4	1.2713	1.2714
C	0.50 0.60	0.65 0.75	0.50 0.60	0.50 0.60	0.50 0.60
Si	≤0.40	0.10 0.50	0.10 0.40	0.10 0.40	0.10 0.40
Mn	0.50 0.80	0.25 0.80[TJC STEEL]	0.60 0.90	0.65 0.95	0.60 0.90
P	≤0.030	≤0.030	≤0.030	≤0.030	≤0.030
S	≤0.030	≤0.030	≤0.020	≤0.030	≤0.030
Cr	0.50 0.80	0.60 1.20	0.80 1.20	0.60 0.80	0.80 1.20
Ni	1.40 1.80	1.25 2.00	1.50 1.80	1.50 1.80	1.50 1.80
Mo	0.15 0.30	≤0.50	0.35 0.55	0.25 0.35	0.35 0.55
V	(≤0.20)	—[TJC STEEL]	0.05 0.15	0.07 0.12	0.05 0.15

▶ Popular Brands for 5CrNiMo

DAIDO	HITACHI	KOSHUHA	ASSAB	BÖHLER
GFA	DM	KTV	ALVAR 14	W500

▶ 5CrNiMo’s Hardness

The annealing (or normalizing) hardness of 5CrNiMo is in the range of HBW 197~241, and it can be pre-hardened to HRC 38~43 for delivery, [TJC STEEL]and its quenching hardness can reach HRC 53~58.

5CrNiMo Tool Steel