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Carpenter R.D.S.® Alloy Tool Steel (Oil-Hard) (AISI L6)
Categories: Metal; Ferrous Metal; Tool Steel; Oil-Hardening Steel

Material Notes: R.D.S. tool steel is an oil hardening die steel which combines extreme toughness with very little size change when heat treated. It is available as a DeCarb-Free product. DCF bars have been cold finished in the mill, eliminating the need for bar bark removal.

Applications: Hobs, Collets, Punches, Forming Rolls, Blanking or forming dies, Thread roller dies, Embossing dies, Shear blades, Stamps, Swaging dies, Slitting shears, Slitting cutters, Clutch parts, Pawls, Dogs, Stops, Knuckle Pins, Spindles, Fingers, Indexing pins, Clutch pins

Information provided by Carpenter Technology Corporation.

R.D.S.® is a registered trademark of Carpenter Technology Corporation.

Key Words: UNS T61206
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Physical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Specific Gravity 7.86 g/cc
 
Mechanical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Hardness, Rockwell C 45 - 46Tempered at 800°F
 61 - 62As hardened
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 1950 MPawhen tempered at 400°F
Tensile Strength, Yield 1910 MPawhen tempered at 400°F
Elongation at Break 2.0 %when tempered at 400°F
Reduction of Area 4.0 %when tempered at 400°F
Modulus of Elasticity 207 GPa
Izod Impact Unnotched 298 Jwhen tempered at 400°F
Charpy Impact 5.00 JV Notch, when tempered at 400°F
Charpy Impact, Unnotched 284.7 J
@Treatment Temp. 204 °C
tempered at 350°F
Abrasion 74.8loss in mm3, As-Hardened; ASTM G65
 139.1loss in mm3, Tempered at 650°F; ASTM G65
 
Thermal PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
CTE, linear 11.3 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 20.0 - 100 °C
 13.6 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 20.0 - 400 °C
 14.6 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 20.0 - 700 °C
Transformation Temperature 730 °CAc1
 
Component Elements PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Carbon, C 0.70 %
Chromium, Cr 1.0 %
Iron, Fe 95.95 %As Balance
Manganese, Mn 0.35 %
Nickel, Ni 1.75 %
Silicon, Si 0.25 %

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