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forging grade steel?

Thread starter airtight
Start date Jul 30, 2008

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Jul 30, 2008

airtight

Marine/Ocean

Can anyone tell me the common forging spec steel which would be used in the usa. It would be the equivalant of the british spec BS1503-224-490 LT50.This has a tensile of 500 - 650 n/mm2 and a yield of approx 350 n/mm2 .

I have been offered ASTM350 LF2 but its yield and tensile values are not as good.

This I presume will be a really common forging grade.

Neville