Creep-resisting 1Cr-0.5Mo steel · Open-die forgings
13CrMo4-5 Forgings (1.7335, ASTM A182 F12, GB 15CrMo)
- 13CrMo4-5
- W.Nr. 1.7335
- 13CrMo44
- 13CrMo45 · 13CrMo4.5
- ASTM A182 F12
- ASTM A336 F12
- ASTM A387 Gr 12
- ASTM A335 P12
- ASTM A213 T12
- GB 15CrMo
- NF 15CD4.05
- JIS SCMV 2 · STBA 22
- BS 1501-620 · 3604-620
- GOST 15KhM
- EN 10222-2
13CrMo4-5 in brief
13CrMo4-5 is a European (EN) low-alloy chromium–molybdenum creep-resisting steel, material number W.Nr. 1.7335, with a nominal composition of about 1% chromium and 0.5% molybdenum. It is supplied normalised and tempered. Its job is to hold pressure at temperatures where an ordinary carbon steel would slowly creep. Molybdenum raises the creep rupture strength and chromium provides oxidation resistance in steam. Together they give useful design life to about 550 °C. The steel was designated 13CrMo44 under the withdrawn DIN 17175, and it is the same material as ASTM A182 F12 (forged flanges and fittings), ASTM A387 Grade 12 (plate), ASTM A335 P12 (pipe) and GB 15CrMo in China. Typical properties in the normalised and tempered condition are 450–600 MPa tensile strength, 300 MPa minimum yield strength and 19–22% elongation.
Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. forges 13CrMo4-5 to customer drawings as seamless rolled rings, heat exchanger tube sheets, girth and cover flanges, long welding neck nozzles, discs, shafts, sleeves, bushings, hollow bars, valve bodies, bonnets, stems, seat rings, blocks and round bars. Parts are normalised at 900–960 °C and tempered at 640–720 °C, and certified to EN 10222-2 or ASTM A182 F12 with EN 10204 3.1 as standard and 3.2 third-party witness on request. Written quotations are issued within 24 hours from sales@steelforgepieces.com or 0086-189-2135-9659. The factory is at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China.
- EN material number
- 1.733513CrMo4-5 · 13CrMo44
- Nominal chemistry
- 1Cr–0.5MoCr 0.70–1.15, Mo 0.40–0.60
- Tensile strength
- 450–600MPat ≤ 60 mm, +NT
- Yield strength, min
- 300MPat ≤ 16 mm
- Continuous service
- 550°C1022 °F, creep-limited
- Delivery condition
- +NT900–960 °C / 640–720 °C
- Density
- 7.85g/cm³0.284 lb/in³
- Single piece to
- 15 000kgØ80–6000 mm
What 13CrMo4-5 forged products can you buy?
Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal produces 13CrMo4-5 by three routes, chosen by geometry and order size. Open-die forging covers tube sheets, blocks, discs, shafts and heavy sections. Seamless ring rolling produces rings, shells and cylinders, and is the cheapest route wherever the part is a ring. Upset forging handles short, large-section flanges, hubs and nozzles. Because this grade is a pressure-purpose material, every piece is forged with a stated forging ratio, normalised and tempered as a batch with a chart record, and tested on prolongations that stay attached until release.
Rings, shells and cylinders
Seamless rolled rings, contoured rolled rings, gear ring blanks, retaining rings, barrels, casings, shells, cylinders and forged sleeves and bushings.
Tube sheets and heat exchanger parts
Fixed, stationary, front, rear and floating tube sheets, tube plates, clad and weld-overlay tube sheets, channel covers and girth flanges.
Flanges and nozzles
Girth flanges, cover flanges, long welding neck nozzles, FVC-type self-reinforced nozzles, nozzle necks, hubs and housings.
Valve and rotating parts
Valve bodies, blocks, bonnets, stems, closures and seat rings; forged shafts, spindles and discs machined to drawing.
| Forged product | Typical size range | Where it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 13CrMo4-5 forged rings and seamless rolled rings | 200–3 000 mm OD, 25 mm min. wall | Boiler drum courses, vessel shell rings, gear ring blanks |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged tube sheets, tube plates, tubesheets | To 6 000 mm diameter, to 600 mm thick | Shell-and-tube exchangers, reboilers, feedwater heaters |
| 13CrMo4-5 clad and weld-overlay tube sheets | To 6 000 mm, 3–8 mm overlay | Exchangers with a corrosive tube-side stream over a Cr-Mo base |
| 13CrMo4-5 girth flanges and cover flanges | To 4 000 mm OD | Vessel body flanges, channel covers, blind heads |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged flanges, long welding neck and FVC nozzles | To 1 500 mm bore | Steam and process nozzles, self-reinforced set-in nozzles |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged discs, disks and blanks | To 3 000 mm diameter | Blind flanges, closures, hubs, machined blanks |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged shafts and spindles | To 8 000 mm length | Steam-service shafts, valve stems, rotating hot hardware |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged sleeves, bushings, barrels and casings | To 1 500 mm OD, bored or trepanned | Liners, guide bushings, pump and valve casings |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged pipes, hollow bars and cylinders | Trepanned hollows to 1 200 mm OD | Headers, manifolds, thermowells, transfer lines |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged valve bodies, bonnets, stems, closures, seat rings | To drawing | Steam and high-temperature process valve trim |
| 13CrMo4-5 forged round bars, hollow bars and blocks | Ø60–800 mm; blocks to 15 000 kg | Machined components, near-net preforms, stud and bolt stock |
Sizes are the plant envelope across grades. Send the finished drawing rather than a billet size. On a pressure-purpose forging the route decision, rolled ring against machined-from-solid, usually saves more than any other line on the order.
What is 13CrMo4-5, and why does it exist?
Plain carbon steel does not creep noticeably below roughly 370 °C. Above that, a pressure part under constant load slowly and permanently deforms, and the design stress has to come from creep rupture data rather than from room-temperature yield. 13CrMo4-5 was created to push that boundary out by roughly 150 °C at a modest cost premium, and it has stayed in service since the 1930s because that trade still works for most boiler and refinery duty.
Molybdenum at 0.40–0.60% is the creep strengthener. It stays in solid solution, pins dislocations and forms fine Mo₂C carbides that resist coarsening at temperature. Chromium at 0.70–1.15% stabilises those carbides against graphitisation and forms a thin protective scale that resists steam oxidation. Carbon is held to 0.08–0.18% so the steel stays weldable, since a pressure part is no use if the site cannot join it.
What the specification is buying
- Creep rupture strength to 550 °C. Above about 450 °C the allowable stress is set by the 100 000-hour creep rupture curve, not by yield. This is what the grade is bought for. A datasheet tensile figure has little bearing on what a boiler designer can allow.
- Resistance to high-temperature hydrogen attack. Molybdenum ties up carbon as stable carbides so that hydrogen cannot reduce them to methane at grain boundaries. That is what puts the grade into hydrotreaters, reformers and hydrocracker circuits. Always read the operating point against the current API RP 941 Nelson curves.
- Weldability and repairability. Low carbon and a moderate carbon equivalent mean the steel can be welded with matching low-hydrogen consumables, preheated and post-weld heat treated with well-established procedures. Field repair on a 20-year-old header is a real requirement, and a 9% Cr steel makes it much harder.
Buyers write this grade several ways. 13CrMo4-5, 13CrMo45 and 13CrMo4.5 are the same steel. The EN designation carries a hyphen; the other two are transcription variants that survive on old drawings and in search boxes. 13CrMo44 is the withdrawn DIN 17175 name for the same material. All map to W.Nr. 1.7335. Write 13CrMo4-5 (1.7335) on the purchase order, with the product-form standard beside it.
What are the equivalents of 13CrMo4-5?
The same 1Cr-0.5Mo chemistry is catalogued under a different name in every major standards system, and separately under a different name for every product form within ASTM. Table 1 maps them. The chemistry bands are close but not identical, and the acceptance requirements are not interchangeable at all: the product-form specification decides the test regime, not the chemistry. A flange bought to A182 F12 and a plate bought to A387 Gr 12 are the same steel tested to different rules.
| Body / region | Designation | Product form and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Europe · EN | 13CrMo4-5 | The EN steel name. Use it with the material number and the product-form standard. |
| Europe · Werkstoff | W.Nr. 1.7335 | The unambiguous European material number. Put this on the drawing. |
| Germany · DIN (withdrawn) | 13CrMo44 | DIN 17175. Still appears on legacy drawings and mill certificates. |
| Europe · EN product standards | EN 10222-2 | Forgings for pressure purposes. The correct citation for a forged part. |
| Europe · EN product standards | EN 10028-2 · EN 10216-2 · EN 10273 · EN 10269 | Plate · seamless tube · hot-rolled bar · fasteners. Do not cite these for a forging. |
| USA · ASTM (forgings) | A182 Gr F12 Cl 2 · A336 Gr F12 | Forged flanges, fittings, valves and parts for high-temperature service. The right ASTM callout for forgings. |
| USA · ASTM (plate) | A387 Gr 12 Cl 1 / Cl 2 | Pressure vessel plate, 1Cr-0.5Mo. |
| USA · ASTM (pipe and tube) | A335 Gr P12 · A213 Gr T12 · A369 FP12 | Seamless pipe and tube for high-temperature service. |
| USA · UNS | K11562 | Applied to the F12 / P12 / T12 family. Confirm against the governing ASTM specification. |
| China · GB | 15CrMo · 15CrMoR (vessel plate) · 15CrMoG (boiler tube) | The Chinese equivalent family. Carbon band is narrower (0.12–0.18) than 13CrMo4-5. |
| France · AFNOR | 15CD4.05 · 15CD3.5 | French designations for the same 1Cr-0.5Mo chemistry. |
| Japan · JIS | SCMV 2 · STBA 22 · STPA 22 · SFVA F12 | Plate · boiler tube · pipe · forgings for high-temperature service. |
| UK · BS | BS 1501-620 Gr 27/31 · BS 3604 Gr 620 | Withdrawn but still quoted on legacy plant drawings. |
| Russia · GOST | 15KhM (15ХМ) | Nearest GOST grade. Test requirements differ; state which standard governs. |
| International · ISO | ISO 9328-2 13CrMo4-5 | ISO adoption of the EN plate designation. |
| Pressure codes | AD 2000-Merkblatt W 1 / W 13 · ASME II Part A | Design and material acceptance rules that call the grade up. |
Compiled by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. from published standards. Standards are cited by number only. Always reference the revision in force at the contract date, and state the product-form specification rather than the chemistry alone.
Designation lookup Tool 1 of 6
Type any name from a drawing or enquiry (13CrMo4-5, 1.7335, F12, P12, 15CrMo, 13CrMo44, SCMV 2) and see every designation it maps to, plus the neighbouring Cr-Mo grades.
The lookup covers 13CrMo4-5 and the creep-resisting and quenched-and-tempered Cr-Mo grades we forge most often. Matching a name here does not by itself certify equivalence: acceptance requirements differ between product-form specifications, and a dual certification must be requested at order stage.
What is the chemical composition of 13CrMo4-5?
Table 2 is the EN 10028-2 requirement, and it is the band we buy raw material against unless the drawing calls for something tighter. Chromium and molybdenum together carry the creep and oxidation performance; carbon is held low for weldability; phosphorus and sulphur are held low because both segregate to grain boundaries and both make a Cr-Mo steel harder to weld and more prone to temper embrittlement in long service.
| Element | Min | Max | Why it is there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon (C) | 0.08 | 0.18 | Forms the carbides that carry creep strength. Capped for weldability and carbon equivalent. |
| Silicon (Si) | — | 0.35 | Deoxidiser; assists steam-side scale formation. Also a contributor to the temper-embrittlement J-factor. |
| Manganese (Mn) | 0.40 | 1.00 | Deoxidiser and sulphur control; adds hardenability in heavy sections. |
| Phosphorus (P) | — | 0.025 | Residual. Segregates to prior-austenite grain boundaries and drives temper embrittlement. |
| Sulphur (S) | — | 0.010 | Residual. Harms through-thickness ductility and ultrasonic cleanliness. |
| Chromium (Cr) | 0.70 | 1.15 | Stabilises carbides against graphitisation; forms the protective scale in steam. |
| Molybdenum (Mo) | 0.40 | 0.60 | The creep strengthener. Solid-solution and Mo₂C carbide strengthening at temperature. |
| Nitrogen (N) | — | 0.012 | Residual. Controlled to limit strain ageing and nitride formation. |
| Copper (Cu) | — | 0.30 | Residual from scrap. Excess harms hot workability and weld metal toughness. |
| Nickel (Ni) | — | 0.30 | Residual, normally restricted. High Ni lowers the Ac₁ and complicates post-weld heat treatment. |
| Aluminium (Al) | — | 0.040 | Grain refiner from deoxidation. Excess Al can reduce creep rupture ductility. |
| Iron (Fe) | Balance | Approximately 97%. | |
Table compiled by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. from EN 10028-2. Every heat is supplied with a ladle analysis on the mill certificate; product analysis on the finished forging can be added on request. EN 10216-2 tube practice narrows two elements to roughly C 0.10–0.17 and Mn 0.40–0.70; if your order cites the tube standard, buy to the narrower band.
Cr-Mo steels held for long periods between about 350 °C and 550 °C can lose toughness through temper embrittlement, driven by phosphorus, tin, antimony and arsenic segregating to grain boundaries. Refinery specifications control this with the Watson J-factor, J = (Si + Mn) × (P + Sn) × 10⁴, commonly limited to J ≤ 180 for general service and J ≤ 100 for severe hydrogen or long-life duty. It is a purchasing requirement. If you need it, put the limit and the reporting requirement on the order, because meeting J ≤ 100 changes which heats we can buy.
What are the mechanical properties of 13CrMo4-5?
13CrMo4-5 is used in one condition: normalised and tempered (+NT). There is no quench-and-temper strength ladder to choose from as there is with 42CrMo4, and there is no high-strength variant. What you specify instead is the product-form standard, the ruling section and the test direction. Room-temperature minima fall as section thickness rises, because a thicker section cools more slowly from the normalising temperature and ends up with a coarser structure.
| Nominal thickness | ≤ 16 mm | >16–60 mm | >60–100 mm | >100–150 mm | >150–250 mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReH minimum yield strength (MPa) | 300 | 290 | 270 | 255 | 245 |
| Approximate equivalent (ksi) | 43.5 | 42.1 | 39.2 | 37.0 | 35.5 |
| Nominal thickness | ≤ 60 mm | >60–100 mm | >100–150 mm | >150–250 mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rm tensile strength (MPa) | 450–600 | 440–590 | 430–580 | 420–570 |
| A minimum elongation at fracture (%) | 19–22, depending on thickness and test direction | |||
| KV minimum impact energy, longitudinal, +20 °C (J) | 40 | |||
| KV minimum impact energy, transverse, +20 °C (J) | 27 | |||
Table compiled by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. from EN 10028-2. Tensile strength has an upper as well as a lower limit. A heat that tests above 600 MPa fails the specification. Excessive strength in a creep-resisting steel signals an incorrect temper and predicts poor creep ductility.
Forgings: EN 10222-2 acceptance
Forgings are accepted to EN 10222-2, which sets minima against the ruling section of the finished part rather than a plate thickness, and which requires the test prolongation to be heat treated with the forging it represents. The values are close to the plate table above. The practical difference is in the test regime. For a forging you must also state the test direction, the location of the test piece within the section, and whether tests are per piece or per batch. On sections over 100 mm we recommend transverse or through-thickness testing and state it in the quotation.
If your order says 13CrMo4-5 per EN 10222-2, the certificate reports against EN 10222-2. If it says ASTM A182 F12 Class 2, the certificate reports against A182, which specifies tensile 485 MPa minimum and yield 275 MPa minimum for Class 2, together with a hardness requirement. These are different acceptance regimes for the same steel. Naming both without saying which governs causes most of the certificate disputes we see on this grade. Name one as governing, and the other as "also to be reported" if a project needs both.
Strength at temperature
Below about 400 °C the design stress comes from proof strength, and 13CrMo4-5 loses roughly a third of its room-temperature proof strength on the way to 500 °C. Above about 450 °C creep takes over as the controlling criterion and the tensile numbers stop being the right basis for design at all.
| Metal temperature | 100 °C | 200 °C | 300 °C | 400 °C | 450 °C | 500 °C | 550 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rp0.2 (MPa), approximate | 265 | 235 | 215 | 195 | 185 | 175 | 165 |
These are order-of-magnitude screening figures for comparing grades at enquiry stage. Elevated-temperature proof strength and creep rupture allowables must be taken from the tables in the governing standard and design code (EN 10028-2 or EN 10222-2 annexes, EN 13445, AD 2000-Merkblatt, or ASME BPVC Section II Part D) at the revision in force for your project. Above roughly 450 °C the allowable stress is set by the 100 000-hour creep rupture curve, and no single figure on a web page substitutes for it. Nothing on this page is a design allowable.
What are the physical properties of 13CrMo4-5?
| Property | Value | Condition / note |
|---|---|---|
| Density | 7.85 g/cm³ (0.284 lb/in³) | 20 °C. Used by the weight calculator on this page. |
| Modulus of elasticity | 211 GPa at 20 °C | Falls to roughly 193 GPa at 300 °C and 165 GPa at 500 °C. |
| Thermal conductivity | ≈ 42 W/m·K at 20 °C | Roughly 36 W/m·K at 400 °C. Much higher than a stainless steel. |
| Mean coefficient of expansion | ≈ 13.0 × 10⁻⁶ /K (20–300 °C) | ≈ 13.5 (20–400 °C), ≈ 14.0 (20–500 °C). Matters for dissimilar-metal joints. |
| Specific heat capacity | ≈ 460 J/kg·K | 20 °C. |
| Electrical resistivity | ≈ 0.21 µΩ·m | 20 °C. |
| Magnetic response | Ferromagnetic | Ferritic-bainitic. Magnetic particle examination is available, unlike on austenitic grades. |
| Microstructure, +NT | Ferrite with tempered bainite | Fine carbides distributed on a ferritic matrix. |
| Typical hardness, +NT | ≈ 130–190 HB | Refinery and sour-service orders often cap this; state a limit if you need one. |
| Ac₁ transformation temperature | ≈ 765–800 °C | Sets the ceiling on tempering and PWHT. Never approach it. |
Typical published values for screening and weight estimation, compiled by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. Actual values vary with heat, section size and heat-treatment history.
How hot can a 13CrMo4-5 part run?
Enquiries often run three separate limits together. The scale below shows where each one sits.
Creep limit, ≈ 550 °C
The practical ceiling for continuous pressure-retaining service. Above it the 100 000-hour rupture strength falls to a level that makes the section thickness uneconomic.
Oxidation limit, ≈ 570–600 °C
Steam-side scaling becomes significant above roughly 570 °C. The steel does not fail suddenly; the scale exfoliates and erodes downstream components.
Graphitisation risk, 425–550 °C
Long holds can decompose carbides to graphite in low-chromium Cr-Mo steels. The 1% chromium in this grade suppresses it, which is why the grade is preferred over C-0.5Mo.
Below roughly 400 °C there is usually no reason to buy 13CrMo4-5 for its creep strength. A pressure-vessel carbon steel or 16Mo3 (1.5415) will be cheaper and easier to weld; if you want strength rather than creep resistance, a quenched and tempered grade such as 42CrMo4 or AISI 4140 gives roughly three times the yield strength at the same price class. The exception is hydrogen service, where the grade may be specified well below 400 °C purely for its resistance to high-temperature hydrogen attack.
Service-temperature and grade check Tool 2 of 6
Enter the metal temperature the part actually sees and the environment. The tool says whether 13CrMo4-5 is the right grade, an over-specification or out of range, and names the grade to move to.
Screening guidance based on published behaviour of Cr-Mo creep-resisting steels, not a design calculation. Final material selection stays with the design authority for the equipment, working to the applicable pressure code.
Hydrogen, steam and sulphur service
High-temperature hydrogen attack and API RP 941
In a hydrogen-bearing stream above roughly 200 °C, atomic hydrogen diffuses into steel and reacts with carbides to form methane at grain boundaries. The methane cannot escape, and the resulting pressure produces fissures and permanent, unrepairable loss of strength. Molybdenum and chromium form carbides stable enough to resist that reaction, which is why 1Cr-0.5Mo appears on the Nelson curves in API RP 941 well above the carbon steel line.
The Nelson curves have been revised downwards more than once as service failures accumulated. The clearest case was the removal of the separate C-0.5Mo curve, which had been used for decades before experience showed it was unconservative. Read your operating point against the edition of API RP 941 in force at your design date, allow the margin your operating company requires, and consider 10CrMo9-10 / 2.25Cr-1Mo where the hydrogen partial pressure and temperature put 13CrMo4-5 close to its curve. This is a plant-safety decision and it belongs with your design authority.
Steam oxidation
The 1% chromium forms a protective scale in steam that is far more durable than the scale on carbon steel, which is what allows superheater headers and steam flanges in this grade to run for decades. Above roughly 570 °C the scale thickens and eventually exfoliates, and the spalled magnetite erodes turbine blading downstream. On an existing plant that mechanism often sets the temperature limit before strength does.
Sulphidic corrosion
In hot sulphur-bearing hydrocarbon streams, corrosion rate is governed by chromium content: the modified McConomy and Couper–Gorman correlations used in refineries show 1Cr-0.5Mo corroding appreciably faster than 5Cr, 9Cr or a stainless steel. 13CrMo4-5 is chosen in these services for its hydrogen resistance and its price, with a corrosion allowance added. It is not a sulphidation-resistant grade. If sulphidation rather than creep or hydrogen is the controlling mechanism, look at a higher-chromium grade or an overlay.
13CrMo4-5 compared with 16Mo3, 10CrMo9-10, P91 and 42CrMo4
13CrMo4-5 is chosen over carbon steel and 16Mo3 for creep strength and hydrogen resistance, and over 10CrMo9-10 and P91 for price and weldability. It is the default 1Cr-0.5Mo workhorse in the 400–550 °C band. It loses to 10CrMo9-10 above 550 °C and in severe hydrogen duty, and it does not compete with a quenched and tempered grade such as 42CrMo4, which does a different job.
| Property | 13CrMo4-5 1.7335 |
16Mo3 1.5415 |
10CrMo9-10 1.7380 / P22 |
X10CrMoVNb9-1 1.4903 / P91 |
42CrMo4 1.7225 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal chemistry | 1Cr-0.5Mo | 0.3Mo | 2.25Cr-1Mo | 9Cr-1Mo-V-Nb | 1Cr-0.2Mo |
| Chromium % | 0.70–1.15 | ≤ 0.30 | 2.00–2.50 | 8.0–9.5 | 0.90–1.20 |
| Molybdenum % | 0.40–0.60 | 0.25–0.35 | 0.90–1.10 | 0.85–1.05 | 0.15–0.30 |
| Delivery condition | Normalised + tempered | Normalised | Normalised + tempered | Normalised + tempered | Quenched + tempered |
| Yield strength, min | 300 MPa | 275 MPa | 310 MPa | 450 MPa | 750 MPa |
| Creep service limit | ≈ 550 °C | ≈ 500 °C | ≈ 580 °C | ≈ 620 °C | Not a creep grade |
| Hydrogen resistance (API 941) | Good | Limited | Better | Best of these | Not qualified |
| Weldability | Good, PWHT required | Very good | Moderate, strict PWHT | Demanding, narrow PWHT window | Difficult in thick section |
| Preheat, typical | 150–250 °C | 100–150 °C | 200–300 °C | 200–300 °C | 250–350 °C |
| Relative material cost | Low | Lowest | Moderate | High | Low |
| Choose it when | 400–550 °C pressure duty with hydrogen or steam | Below 500 °C, no hydrogen, lowest cost | Above 550 °C or severe hydrogen partial pressure | Above 580 °C, thin-wall high-pressure steam | Room-temperature strength, shafts and gears |
Comparison compiled by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. from published data for each grade. Values are representative minima for moderate sections and are for screening only.
Questions that settle the choice
- Is the metal temperature above 550 °C? If yes, 13CrMo4-5 is out of range and the answer is 10CrMo9-10 / P22, or a 9% Cr steel above about 580 °C. Confirm the metal temperature rather than the process temperature. The two differ on a fired or insulated part.
- Is there hydrogen at partial pressure? If yes, the choice is made on the API RP 941 Nelson curves, not on creep data, and the margin your operator requires may push you to 2.25Cr-1Mo even at a modest temperature.
- Is the part actually creep-loaded? A support, a bracket or a non-pressure internal running at 500 °C often does not need a creep-resisting grade at all. Check whether the specification came from analysis or was copied from the adjacent pressure part.
How is 13CrMo4-5 forged and heat treated?
13CrMo4-5 forges easily compared with a superalloy. The difficulty is in the heat treatment. Chromium and molybdenum make the steel air-hardening in heavy sections, so a large forging left on a draughty shop floor can transform to untempered bainite and crack days after it was made. The route below is built around that.
- Raw materialElectric arc furnace, ladle refined and vacuum degassed. Heat number traced; ladle analysis verified against EN 10222-2 or A182 F12 before forging.
- HeatSoak to 1150–1200 °C. Heat the whole section through, not just the surface. Heavy tube-sheet blocks need a controlled ramp to avoid thermal cracking.
- ForgeWork between 1200 °C and 850 °C. Minimum 3:1 forging ratio to break down the cast structure; 4:1 or better on pressure-critical parts.
- Cool after forgingStill air or covered pit, never a draught. Heavy sections go straight to a hydrogen-diffusion or intermediate anneal at 650–700 °C.
- Normalise900–960 °C, roughly 30 minutes per 25 mm of ruling section, then cool in still air. This is what sets the grain size.
- Temper640–720 °C, about 1 hour per 25 mm with a 30 minute minimum, air cool. Must be at least 30 °C above any later PWHT temperature.
- MachineRough or finish machine to drawing. Test prolongations stay attached through heat treatment and are removed only at release.
- Test & NDETensile, Charpy, hardness, grain size to ASTM E112; UT to EN 10228-3 or ASTM A388; MT to ASTM E709.
- CertifyEN 10204 3.1 as standard, 3.2 with third-party witness. Marked, preserved and packed for sea freight.
Shop-floor rules for this grade
- Never let a heavy section cool in a draught. Cr-Mo steel is air-hardening. A 400 mm tube sheet parked next to an open door transforms to hard bainite on one face and can crack overnight. Covered pit or furnace cooling, every time.
- Temper high enough to survive PWHT. If the fabricator will post-weld heat treat at 690 °C, the forging must have been tempered at 720 °C or higher, or the PWHT re-tempers it and the certified properties no longer describe the part in service. Tell us the fabricator's PWHT temperature at enquiry stage. It is the most useful thing a buyer can give us on this grade, and it is nearly always left off.
- Do not go near Ac₁. Tempering above roughly 765 °C starts re-austenitising, and the part comes out of the furnace with an untempered structure and no warning on the chart.
- Normalise the whole part together. Sectioning a large forging and heat treating the halves gives two different structures either side of the eventual weld.
- Watch cumulative PWHT time. Multiple weld repairs each followed by PWHT accumulate tempering. Specify a maximum total time at temperature if the part will be repaired more than once.
Forge and heat-treatment cycle generator Tool 3 of 6
Enter the ruling section of the finished part and the fabricator's PWHT temperature. The tool returns a printable normalise-and-temper cycle for your forge shop or heat-treatment subcontractor, using the standard soak rules with the tempering temperature set above your PWHT.
Starting cycles based on the customary 30 minutes per 25 mm normalising and 1 hour per 25 mm tempering rules, not a qualified procedure. Qualify on coupons from the same heat, with thermocouples attached to the part and a chart record, before releasing production parts.
Welding, machining and forming 13CrMo4-5
Welding
13CrMo4-5 is readily weldable by SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, SAW and FCAW. That weldability is a large part of why the grade is still specified. Three rules apply without exception on pressure work.
- Low-hydrogen consumables of matching composition. AWS
E8018-B2orE8016-B2electrodes,ER80S-B2wire, EN ISO 3580E CrMo1. Electrodes are baked and held in a heated quiver; hydrogen is the primary cracking mechanism in this steel. - Preheat and interpass control. Typically 150–250 °C preheat, rising with thickness, restraint and carbon equivalent; interpass below roughly 300 °C. Maintain preheat continuously. Letting the joint fall to ambient between passes is what causes delayed hydrogen cracking.
- Post-weld heat treatment. Normally mandatory for pressure work: 620–700 °C soak, commonly around 690 °C, held roughly 2.5 minutes per millimetre of thickness with a 30 minute minimum, with controlled heating and cooling rates through the range. PWHT relieves residual stress, tempers the heat-affected zone and drives out residual hydrogen.
For clad and weld-overlay tube sheets, the overlay is applied before the final PWHT, and the base-metal properties reported on the certificate must be those after the complete thermal history including the overlay cycle. Say so on the order. A certificate showing pre-overlay properties describes a part that no longer exists.
Preheat and PWHT calculator Tool 4 of 6
Enter the joint thickness and, if you have a mill certificate, the carbon and manganese from the ladle analysis. The tool returns a carbon equivalent, a starting preheat and a PWHT hold time, plus the minimum forging temper temperature that must have been used upstream.
Screening values using the IIW carbon equivalent formula and customary Cr-Mo practice. They are a starting point for a welding engineer, not a qualified WPS. Procedures must be qualified to ASME IX, EN ISO 15614-1 or the applicable code before production welding.
Machining
Machining is straightforward. This is a soft ferritic low-alloy steel at roughly 130–190 HB, and it cuts much like a normalised carbon steel, with a slight tendency to build up on the edge because of the chromium. Use ordinary carbide tooling and normal speeds and feeds for alloy steel. The machining problem on this grade is distortion. A large tube sheet carrying residual stress from an uneven normalise will move when the first face is cut. Rough machine, stress relieve at 620–650 °C, then finish.
Hot and cold forming
Hot forming is done in the forging range and is followed by a full re-normalise and temper rather than a stress relieve. Hot forming below the normalising temperature leaves an uncontrolled structure. Cold forming is possible for modest strains but work-hardens the steel and consumes creep ductility; anything beyond light bending should be followed by a full heat treatment.
How do 13CrMo4-5 parts fail, and how do you prevent it?
Creep rupture in service
Cause: metal temperature above the design assumption, often from a fouled or maldistributed fired heater rather than a process change. Prevention: design to the 100 000-hour curve at the real metal temperature, and inspect for it. Creep gives long warning as cavitation, if anyone looks.
Delayed hydrogen cracking after welding
Cause: damp or unbaked electrodes, preheat lost between passes, or PWHT deferred overnight on a restrained joint. Prevention: baked low-hydrogen consumables, continuous preheat, and an intermediate dehydrogenation soak if PWHT cannot follow immediately.
Temper embrittlement
Cause: thousands of hours between 350 °C and 550 °C with a high J-factor heat. Toughness falls and the transition temperature climbs, so the part is brittle on a cold start rather than in service. Prevention: specify a J-factor limit at order stage and require it reported.
Untempered bainite and cracking after forging
Cause: a heavy section air-cooled too quickly after forging or normalising. Prevention: covered-pit cooling, intermediate anneal on heavy sections, and hardness survey before release.
Over-tempering by the fabricator's PWHT
Cause: forging tempered at 660 °C, then PWHT at 690 °C, so the delivered properties no longer apply. Prevention: state the PWHT temperature on the enquiry so the forging is tempered at least 30 °C above it.
High-temperature hydrogen attack
Cause: operating point above the API 941 curve, or a curve taken from a superseded edition. Damage is internal, progressive and not repairable. Prevention: current API RP 941 edition, an operator margin, and advanced UT inspection where the point is close to the line.
What can Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal forge in 13CrMo4-5?
13CrMo4-5 is a stock-supported grade for us rather than a made-to-order superalloy, so lead times are short by forging standards and small quantities are practical. What matters at enquiry stage is the drawing, the governing product-form standard, the ruling section and the certificate type.
- Diameter range
- 80–6 000mm
- Single piece weight
- 10–15 000kg
- Rolled ring OD
- 200–3 000mm
- Tube sheet diameter
- ≤ 6 000mm
- Shaft length
- ≤ 8 000mm
- Lead time, typical
- 4–10weeks
Forging
1 t, 3 t, 5 t and 9 t open-die hammers; 4 500 t and 5 000 t hydraulic presses; radial-axial ring rolling mills with a 6 m ring line.
Heat treatment
Bogie-hearth normalising and tempering furnaces with ±5 °C uniformity and chart recording; water, oil and forced-air quench with controlled transfer times; covered pit cooling for heavy Cr-Mo sections.
Inspection
Optical emission spectrometer, universal tensile machine, Charpy impact machine, hardness testers, magnetic particle and penetrant lines, ultrasonic flaw detection, metallographic microscope.
Machining
Vertical and horizontal lathes, boring mills and machining centres for rough or finish machining to drawing, with in-process dimensional records and tube-sheet drilling.
The company employs approximately 460 people, including 9 senior engineers, 32 intermediate engineers and a large body of qualified technicians and inspectors. Alongside 13CrMo4-5 we forge carbon steels, the quenched and tempered Cr-Mo and Ni-Cr-Mo alloy steels, tool steels, the precipitation-hardening and duplex stainless families, and the nickel and cobalt high-temperature alloys. Customers are welcome to visit the forging and rolled-ring workshops in Jiangyin.
Which standards and certificates apply to 13CrMo4-5 forgings?
Material and product standards
- EN 10222-2 — forgings for pressure purposes (cite this for forged parts)
- EN 10028-2 — plate; EN 10216-2 — seamless tube; EN 10273 — hot-rolled bar
- ASTM A182 F12 Cl 2 and A336 F12 — forged flanges, fittings and valve parts
- ASTM A387 Gr 12, A335 P12, A213 T12 — plate, pipe and tube
- GB 15CrMo / 15CrMoR where a Chinese callout applies
- AD 2000-Merkblatt W 1 / W 13 · EN 13445 · ASME BPVC Sections II and VIII
- EN 10204 3.1 standard, 3.2 with third-party witness
Testing and examination
- Ultrasonic: EN 10228-3, ASTM A388, SEP 1921
- Magnetic particle: ASTM E709 / EN ISO 9934; penetrant: ASTM E165 / ISO 3452
- Tensile ASTM E8/E8M or EN ISO 6892-1; elevated-temperature tensile ASTM E21
- Charpy impact ASTM E23 / EN ISO 148-1, at the temperature stated on the order
- Grain size ASTM E112; macroetch ASTM E381; replication for microstructure
- Hardness EN ISO 6506; chemistry by OES with wet-chemical umpire analysis on request
- Creep and stress-rupture testing ASTM E139 where the specification calls for it
Quality management is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Third-party witness certificates are issued through the inspection body you nominate: Lloyd's Register, DNV, Bureau Veritas, ABS, TÜV or SGS. Customers keep an unrestricted right to witness any production stage, including chemistry, forging, heat treatment and mechanical testing.
How do you specify a 13CrMo4-5 forging order?
- Name the steel and the material number. Write
13CrMo4-5 (W.Nr. 1.7335). If your drawing says 13CrMo44, 13CrMo45 or 13CrMo4.5, add the material number so there is no ambiguity. - Cite one governing product-form standard. EN 10222-2 for forgings. ASTM A182 F12 Class 2 if the project is on ASME rules. Naming both without saying which governs causes certificate disputes.
- State the condition. Normalised and tempered (+NT), with the tempering temperature range you require.
- Give the fabricator's PWHT temperature. We temper at least 30 °C above it. Without this we temper to our standard practice, which may be below your PWHT.
- Define the ruling section and test location. Which section governs, where the test piece comes from, and whether tests are longitudinal, transverse or through-thickness. Above 100 mm this changes the result materially.
- State impact test temperature and acceptance. "Charpy at +20 °C, 40 J average longitudinal" or whatever the code requires. An unqualified "impact test" is not a specification.
- Define NDE and acceptance class. "UT per EN 10228-3, quality class 3" or "UT per ASTM A388 with acceptance to the purchase order", plus MT per ASTM E709 on machined surfaces.
- Add the special requirements if you need them. J-factor limit, maximum hardness, simulated PWHT test coupons, grain size limit, corrosion-resistant overlay.
- Give quantity, date, Incoterm and destination, and say whether the certificate is 3.1 or 3.2 and which inspection body will witness.
Drawing callout you can copy
MATERIAL: 13CrMo4-5 / W.Nr. 1.7335 (1Cr-0.5Mo creep resisting steel)
Dual certify to ASTM A182 Gr F12 Cl 2 if stated on the PO
SPECIFICATION: EN 10222-2, forgings for pressure purposes,
revision in force at contract date - GOVERNING
CONDITION: Normalised 900-960 deg C, air cool;
tempered 640-720 deg C, air cool (+NT)
Temper NOT LESS THAN 30 deg C above fabricator PWHT of ____ deg C
FORGING RATIO: 3:1 minimum, 4:1 on pressure retaining sections; report on cert
CHEMISTRY: Ladle analysis, all elements incl. Ni, Cu, Al
J-factor (Si+Mn)(P+Sn)x10^4 =< ____ , report on certificate
TENSILE: Per EN 10222-2 at the ruling section of ____ mm
Test direction: ____ (longitudinal / transverse / through-thickness)
IMPACT: Charpy V per EN ISO 148-1 at ____ deg C, ____ J average
HARDNESS: ____ HB maximum, surveyed on ____ locations
NDE: UT per EN 10228-3 quality class 3 (or ASTM A388)
MT per ASTM E709 on all machined surfaces
CERTIFICATE: EN 10204 3.1 (3.2 witnessed by ________ if stated on the PO)
MARKING: Heat number, specification, condition, drawing number,
low-stress stamped or vibro-etched
Seven mistakes buyers make with 13CrMo4-5
- Not saying what the PWHT temperature will be. A forging tempered at 660 °C and then post-weld heat treated at 690 °C no longer matches its own certificate.
- Citing EN 10028-2 for a forging. That is the plate standard. Forgings are EN 10222-2, and the test regime is genuinely different.
- Naming both EN and ASTM without saying which governs. A182 F12 Class 2 and EN 10222-2 have different minima and different test rules. Name one.
- Assuming 13CrMo4-5 and 15CrMo are automatically interchangeable. They are the same steel commercially, but the GB carbon band is narrower. Dual certification has to be bought at order stage, not requested afterwards.
- Using an old API 941 Nelson chart. The curves have moved down. A design based on a 1980s chart may sit above the current line.
- Specifying it below 400 °C out of habit. Unless hydrogen is present, a carbon steel or 16Mo3 is cheaper and easier to weld. Check whether the temperature was ever real.
- Ordering a solid block for a ring. Ring rolling routinely halves the purchased weight on a ring geometry. Send the finished drawing and let us pick the route.
13CrMo4-5 forging weight calculator Tool 5 of 6
Pick a shape, enter finished dimensions, and get the net weight at 7.85 g/cm³ plus a rough forging allowance. Forgings are priced per kilogram, so this is usually the first number you need.
Net finished weight at 7.85 g/cm³. Add 20–35% machining stock for the rough forging, more on profiled geometries and drilled tube sheets. Our single-piece plant limit is 15 000 kg; confirm sizes with us before designing to the limit.
13CrMo4-5 RFQ writer Tool 6 of 6
Fill in what you know and the tool writes a complete, unambiguous enquiry you can paste into email or WhatsApp. Nothing is submitted from this tool; the text stays in your browser.
We answer enquiries within 24 hours with price, lead time and the standards we will certify to.
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Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd.
Email sales@steelforgepieces.com
Telephone / WeChat 0086-189-2135-9659
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Where is 13CrMo4-5 used?
Power boilers
Superheater and reheater headers, boiler drum nozzles and manways, steam pipe flanges, main steam line fittings and hanger components in the 450–550 °C band.
Refinery and petrochemical
Hydrotreater and hydrodesulphurisation vessel nozzles and flanges, catalytic reformer piping components, hydrocracker circuit fittings, chosen for hydrogen resistance under API RP 941.
Heat exchangers
Tube sheets and tube plates for shell-and-tube exchangers, feedwater heaters and reboilers, including clad and weld-overlay tube sheets over a Cr-Mo base; channel covers and girth flanges.
Pressure vessels
Shell rings, heads, long welding neck and FVC-type self-reinforced nozzles, cover flanges and blind closures for vessels operating at elevated temperature.
Valves and fittings
Valve bodies, bonnets, stems, closures and seat rings for steam and high-temperature process service, forged to ASTM A182 F12 for ASME piping classes.
Ammonia, methanol and hydrogen plants
Reformer outlet manifolds, synthesis loop components and heat-recovery hardware where hydrogen partial pressure and temperature together govern the material choice.
Two worked examples
Example 1: choosing between 13CrMo4-5 and 10CrMo9-10 for a reactor nozzle
Given. A long welding neck nozzle in a hydrotreater, design metal temperature 400 °C, hydrogen partial pressure moderate, 20-year design life, fabricator PWHT at 690 °C.
Assessment. On creep alone 13CrMo4-5 is comfortable at 400 °C. Creep is barely a factor and the yield-based design stress is ample. The controlling question is hydrogen. The operating point must be plotted on the Nelson curves in the current edition of API RP 941 together with the operating company's required margin, and if it sits close to the 1Cr-0.5Mo line, the extra cost of 2.25Cr-1Mo is trivial against the cost of a reactor shutdown. Weldability favours 13CrMo4-5: lower preheat, a wider PWHT window and simpler field repair over a twenty-year life.
Decision. Specify 13CrMo4-5 per EN 10222-2 if the operating point clears the API 941 curve with the required margin; otherwise 10CrMo9-10. Either way, put the 690 °C PWHT temperature on the enquiry so the forging is tempered at 720 °C or above, and require the J-factor reported if the unit will see long holds in the embrittlement range.
Example 2: why a rolled ring beats a machined disc
Given. A finished ring, 1 200 mm OD × 900 mm ID × 300 mm high, in 13CrMo4-5.
Method. Net volume = π/4 × (1.200² − 0.900²) × 0.300 = 0.1484 m³. At 7 850 kg/m³ that is about 1 165 kg finished. Rolled as a seamless ring with 25% stock, the forging is roughly 1 456 kg. Machined from a solid forged disc of the same outside diameter and height, the input is about 2 664 kg. You would buy, forge, heat treat and then cut away roughly 1 500 kg of steel.
Result. Ring rolling cuts the purchased weight by about 45% on this geometry, It also improves the part. Ring rolling produces a circumferential grain flow that follows the hoop stress, where a machined disc leaves the grain flow cut across it. On a pressure-retaining ring that matters metallurgically as well as commercially.
Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 13CrMo4-5 | EN steel name for a 1Cr-0.5Mo creep-resisting steel, material number 1.7335. Also written 13CrMo45 and 13CrMo4.5; formerly DIN 13CrMo44. |
| W.Nr. 1.7335 | The European material number (Werkstoffnummer). The unambiguous way to identify this steel on a drawing. |
| Creep | Slow permanent deformation under constant load at temperature. Above roughly 400 °C it, not yield strength, sets the allowable design stress. |
| Creep rupture strength | The stress that causes rupture in a stated time at a stated temperature, conventionally 100 000 hours. The basis of elevated-temperature design. |
| +NT (normalised and tempered) | The delivery condition: austenitised at 900–960 °C and air cooled, then tempered at 640–720 °C and air cooled. |
| Ruling section | The greatest thickness through which heat must travel during heat treatment. It sets the soak time and the property minima, not the part's overall size. |
| PWHT | Post-weld heat treatment. For this grade, typically 620–700 °C to relieve residual stress, temper the heat-affected zone and remove hydrogen. |
| Ac₁ | The temperature at which the steel begins to transform back to austenite, about 765–800 °C here. Tempering and PWHT must stay well below it. |
| Carbon equivalent (CE) | A single number combining carbon with the other hardenability elements, used to set preheat. The IIW formula is CE = C + Mn/6 + (Cr+Mo+V)/5 + (Ni+Cu)/15. |
| Temper embrittlement | Loss of toughness after long exposure between about 350 °C and 550 °C, caused by phosphorus, tin, antimony and arsenic segregating to grain boundaries. |
| J-factor | The Watson index (Si + Mn)(P + Sn) × 10⁴, used to limit susceptibility to temper embrittlement. Commonly limited to 180 or, for severe duty, 100. |
| HTHA | High-temperature hydrogen attack. Internal methane formation at carbides that produces permanent, unrepairable damage. Governed by the API RP 941 Nelson curves. |
| Graphitisation | Decomposition of carbides to graphite during long high-temperature exposure, which embrittles the steel. Chromium suppresses it, which is why 1Cr-0.5Mo is preferred over C-0.5Mo. |
| Forging ratio | The ratio of starting to finished cross-section, a measure of how thoroughly the cast structure has been broken down. 3:1 minimum, 4:1 or better on pressure-critical parts. |
| Tube sheet (tubesheet, tube plate) | The drilled plate or forging that holds the tube bundle in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. Fixed, stationary, floating, front and rear are the usual configurations. |
| Weld overlay / cladding | A corrosion-resistant layer welded onto a Cr-Mo base, typically stainless or nickel alloy, applied before final PWHT. |
| EN 10204 3.1 / 3.2 | Certificate types. 3.1 is issued by the manufacturer's own independent inspection function; 3.2 is countersigned by a third party or the buyer's representative. |
13CrMo4-5 frequently asked questions
What is 13CrMo4-5 steel?
13CrMo4-5 is a European (EN) low-alloy chromium–molybdenum creep-resisting steel, material number W.Nr. 1.7335, with a nominal composition of about 1% chromium and 0.5% molybdenum. It is supplied normalised and tempered and is used for pressure-retaining parts that run continuously at elevated temperature, typically up to about 550 °C. It was formerly designated 13CrMo44 under DIN 17175 and is broadly equivalent to ASTM A182 F12, ASTM A387 Grade 12, ASTM A335 P12 and Chinese GB 15CrMo.
What is the material number for 13CrMo4-5?
The EN material number (Werkstoffnummer) for 13CrMo4-5 is 1.7335. The older DIN 17175 name for the same steel is 13CrMo44. The spellings 13CrMo45 and 13CrMo4.5 refer to the same grade and are simply variants of the EN designation.
What is the chemical composition of 13CrMo4-5?
In weight percent to EN 10028-2: carbon 0.08–0.18, silicon 0.35 maximum, manganese 0.40–1.00, phosphorus 0.025 maximum, sulphur 0.010 maximum, chromium 0.70–1.15, molybdenum 0.40–0.60, nitrogen 0.012 maximum and copper 0.30 maximum, with iron as the balance. Nickel is normally limited to 0.30 maximum and aluminium to 0.040 maximum. EN 10216-2 tube practice narrows carbon to roughly 0.10–0.17 and manganese to 0.40–0.70.
What is the ASTM equivalent of 13CrMo4-5?
For forgings the nearest ASTM equivalent is A182 Grade F12 Class 2 or A336 Grade F12. For plate it is A387 Grade 12, for seamless pipe A335 Grade P12 and for tube A213 Grade T12. All are 1Cr-0.5Mo steels. The chemistry bands are close but not identical and the acceptance requirements differ, so state on the purchase order which specification governs rather than relying on equivalence alone.
What is the maximum service temperature of 13CrMo4-5?
About 550 °C for continuous pressure-retaining service. Creep becomes the controlling design criterion above roughly 400–450 °C, and above 550 °C the creep-strength and steam-oxidation limits of a 1Cr-0.5Mo steel make 10CrMo9-10 (1.7380, ASTM P22) or a 9% chromium steel such as X10CrMoVNb9-1 (P91) the correct choice instead.
Is 13CrMo4-5 weldable?
Yes, with a controlled procedure. Use low-hydrogen consumables of matching 1Cr-0.5Mo composition such as AWS E8018-B2 or ER80S-B2. Preheat is typically 150–250 °C depending on thickness and restraint, interpass temperature is held below about 300 °C, and post-weld heat treatment at 620–700 °C is normally mandatory for pressure work. Temper the parent forging at least 30 °C above the intended PWHT temperature so that the PWHT does not soften it.
What heat treatment is applied to 13CrMo4-5 forgings?
Normalising at 900–960 °C followed by air cooling, then tempering at 640–720 °C followed by air cooling. This is the +NT condition and it is the normal delivery condition for pressure-purpose forgings. Soak times are approximately 30 minutes per 25 mm of ruling section for normalising and about 1 hour per 25 mm for tempering, with a 30 minute minimum.
What are the mechanical properties of 13CrMo4-5?
To EN 10028-2 in the normalised and tempered condition, tensile strength is 450–600 MPa for thickness up to 60 mm, falling to 420–570 MPa at 150–250 mm. Minimum upper yield strength is 300 MPa up to 16 mm, 290 MPa from 16 to 60 mm, 270 MPa from 60 to 100 mm, 255 MPa from 100 to 150 mm and 245 MPa from 150 to 250 mm. Minimum elongation at fracture is 19–22% and minimum Charpy impact energy at +20 °C is 40 J longitudinal and 27 J transverse.
Can 13CrMo4-5 be used in hydrogen service?
Yes, within the limits of the current edition of API RP 941. The 1Cr-0.5Mo curve on the Nelson diagram sets the combination of hydrogen partial pressure and temperature at which high-temperature hydrogen attack becomes a risk, and those curves have been revised downwards over the years on the basis of service experience. Always read the operating point against the edition of API 941 in force at the design date rather than an older chart, and consider 2.25Cr-1Mo (10CrMo9-10 / P22) for more severe hydrogen duty.
What is the difference between 13CrMo4-5 and 10CrMo9-10?
13CrMo4-5 is a 1Cr-0.5Mo steel and 10CrMo9-10 (W.Nr. 1.7380, ASTM P22 / F22) is a 2.25Cr-1Mo steel. The higher chromium and molybdenum of 10CrMo9-10 give greater creep strength above about 550 °C, better resistance to high-temperature hydrogen attack and better oxidation resistance in steam. 13CrMo4-5 is cheaper, easier to weld and adequate up to about 550 °C, which is why it remains the default choice for boiler headers, steam flanges and exchanger tube sheets in that range.
Is 13CrMo4-5 the same as 15CrMo?
They are the European and Chinese designations for the same 1Cr-0.5Mo creep-resisting steel and are used interchangeably in commerce. The chemistry bands differ slightly: GB 15CrMo specifies carbon 0.12–0.18 against 0.08–0.18 for 13CrMo4-5, and chromium 0.80–1.10 against 0.70–1.15. A heat can normally be certified to both, but the dual certification must be requested at order stage so the ladle analysis is bought to the intersection of the two bands.
What forged products can you supply in 13CrMo4-5?
Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. supplies 13CrMo4-5 as seamless rolled rings, contoured rolled rings, heat exchanger tube sheets including clad and weld-overlay tube sheets, girth flanges, cover flanges, long welding neck nozzles, FVC-type self-reinforced nozzles, channel covers, discs, shafts, sleeves, bushings, hollow bars, cylinders, barrels, shells, casings, hubs, housings, blocks, valve bodies, bonnets, stems, closures, seat rings and round bars, all forged to customer drawing.
What size of 13CrMo4-5 forging can you make?
Diameters from 80 mm to 6 000 mm and single-piece weights from 10 kg to 15 000 kg. Seamless rolled rings are produced on radial-axial ring mills; larger diameters and tube sheets are produced by open-die forging under 1 t to 9 t hammers and 4 500 t and 5 000 t hydraulic presses. Send the drawing and we confirm the size, weight and lead time before quoting.
What certificates are supplied with 13CrMo4-5 forgings?
EN 10204 type 3.1 inspection certificate as standard, or type 3.2 countersigned by a third-party inspection body such as Lloyd's Register, DNV, Bureau Veritas, ABS, TÜV or SGS. Quality management is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Chemical analysis, tensile, impact, hardness, grain size and ultrasonic and magnetic particle examination results are reported on the certificate.
Who manufactures 13CrMo4-5 forgings in China?
Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. is an open-die forging factory at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China that forges 13CrMo4-5 (1.7335) to customer drawings. The plant employs about 460 people including 9 senior and 32 intermediate engineers, and operates 1 t to 9 t open-die hammers, 4 500 t and 5 000 t hydraulic presses and radial-axial ring mills, with in-house heat treatment, machining, mechanical testing and non-destructive examination. Enquiries: sales@steelforgepieces.com, telephone 0086-189-2135-9659.
What is the lead time for a 13CrMo4-5 forging?
Four to ten weeks is typical, which is short by forging standards because 13CrMo4-5 is a stock-supported grade rather than a made-to-order melt. Third-party witnessed release adds one to two weeks. Heavy tube sheets, large-diameter rings and parts requiring weld overlay or extensive machining sit at the longer end. Tell us the required delivery date at enquiry stage so it can be confirmed rather than assumed.
References
- CEN, EN 10222-2: Steel forgings for pressure purposes — Part 2: Ferritic and martensitic steels with specified elevated temperature properties. The product-form standard for forged 13CrMo4-5.
- CEN, EN 10028-2: Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes — Part 2: Non-alloy and alloy steels with specified elevated temperature properties. Source of the composition and room-temperature property tables on this page.
- CEN, EN 10216-2: Seamless steel tubes for pressure purposes — Part 2: Non-alloy and alloy steel tubes with specified elevated temperature properties.
- CEN, EN 10273: Hot rolled weldable steel bars for pressure purposes with specified elevated temperature properties.
- ASTM International, A182/A182M: Forged or Rolled Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service — Grade F12.
- ASTM International, A387/A387M Grade 12, A335/A335M Grade P12 and A213/A213M Grade T12: plate, seamless pipe and tube in the same 1Cr-0.5Mo chemistry.
- American Petroleum Institute, API RP 941: Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures in Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Plants. The Nelson curves.
- American Petroleum Institute, API RP 571: Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry. Creep, HTHA, temper embrittlement, graphitisation and sulphidation.
- ASM International, ASM Handbook Volume 1: Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High-Performance Alloys — elevated-temperature low-alloy steels.
- ASM International, ASM Handbook Volume 14A: Metalworking — Bulk Forming. Forging of low-alloy steels.
- Verband der Technischen Überwachungs-Vereine, AD 2000-Merkblatt W 1 and W 13: material requirements for pressure vessel components.
- CEN, EN 10204: Metallic products — Types of inspection documents; EN 10228-3: Non-destructive testing of steel forgings — Ultrasonic testing of ferritic or martensitic steel forgings.
Standards are cited by number; always work to the revision in force at your contract date. Property values on this page are published typical or specified figures presented for screening and comparison, and are not design allowables. Test results on our certificates are independent and traceable to calibrated equipment.
About the manufacturer, and how to cite this page
Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. is an open-die forging factory at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China, with approximately 460 employees including 9 senior and 32 intermediate engineers. The plant runs 1 t to 9 t open-die hammers, 4 500 t and 5 000 t hydraulic presses and radial-axial ring rolling mills with a 6 m ring line, with in-house heat treatment, machining, mechanical testing and non-destructive examination. Alongside 13CrMo4-5 / 1.7335 we forge carbon steels, the quenched and tempered alloy steels, tool steels, the precipitation-hardening and duplex stainless families, and the nickel and cobalt high-temperature alloys. Quality management is certified to ISO 9001:2015; material is supplied with EN 10204 3.1 certification as standard and 3.2 with third-party witness on request.
Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. (2026). 13CrMo4-5 / W.Nr. 1.7335 forgings: composition, elevated-temperature properties and ordering guide. Updated 8 September 2026. Retrieved from https://www.steelforgepieces.com/Alloy-Steel/13CrMo4-5.html
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