52100 en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by the U.S. SAE iron and steel committee in 1919, replacing the earlier designation 52-95; being a 52-series iron alloy (steel).
Meanings
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(US, uncountable) A common ball bearing metal, also used for blademaking, knifemaking. A high-carbon low-alloy chromium steel; typically containing 1.0% carbon and 1.5% chromium, with low silicon (0.25%) and manganese (0.35%).
In the annealed condition 52100 is comparatively easy to machine.
52100 continues to be the most used bearing steel.
52100 bearings developed the largest compressive residual stress.
Hypernyms
metal · alloy steel · alloy metal · bearing steel · 52-series steel · ball-bearing steel · low-alloy steel · chromium steel · hardenable steel · high-carbon steel · iron alloy · alloy · iron · steel · carbon steel · steel alloy · metal alloy
Synonyms
52100 steel alloy · UNI 100Cr6 · ASTM 52100 · AISI 52100 · alloy steel 52100 · 100Cr6 · 1.3505 · 52100 steel · 52100 alloy steel · SAE 52100 · 52100 bearing steel · EN 1.3505 · ISO 100Cr6 · DIN 1.3505
Translations (8)
it 100Cr6 (Translations) · fr AFNOR 100C6 (Translations) · de DIN 100Cr6 (Translations) · de 1.3505 (Translations) · fr 100C6 (Translations) · it UNI 100Cr6 (Translations) · de DIN 1.3505 (Translations) · de 100Cr6 (Translations)