MATERIAL GROUPS According to DIN / ISO 513 and VDI 3323 Tensile (1) Strength Kc1 Hardness Material ISO Material Condition [N/mm 2 ] [N/mm2] mc (2) HB No. < 0.25 %C Annealed 420 1350 0.21 125 1 >= 0.25 %C Annealed 650 1500 0.22 190 2 Quenched and < 0.55 %C 850 1675 0.24 250 3 Non-alloy steel and cast steel, tempered free cutting steel >= 0.55 %C Annealed 750 1700 0.24 220 4 Quenched and 1000 1900 0.24 300 5 tempered Annealed 600 1775 0.24 200 6 P Low alloy steel and cast steel 930 1675 0.24 275 7 (less than 5% of alloying elements) Quenched and 1000 1725 0.24 300 8 tempered 1200 1800 0.24 350 9 MATERIALS AND GRADES Annealed 680 2450 0.23 200 10 High alloyed steel, cast steel, and tool steel Quenched and 1100 2500 0.23 325 11 tempered Stainless steel and Ferritic/martensitic. 680 1875 0.21 200 12 cast steel Martensitic 820 1875 0.21 240 13 Stainless steel Austenitic 600 2150 0.20 180 14 M Ferritic/pearlitic 1150 0.20 180 15 Cast iron nodular (GGG) Pearlitic 1350 0.28 260 16 Ferritic 1225 0.25 160 17 Grey cast iron (GG) K Pearlitic 1350 0.28 250 18 Ferritic 1225 0.25 130 19 Malleable cast iron Pearlitic 1420 0.3 230 20 Aluminum- Not cureable 700 0.25 60 21 wrought alloy Cured 800 0.25 100 22 <=12% Si Not cureable 700 0.25 75 23 Aluminum-cast, Cured 700 0.25 90 24 alloyed >12% Si High temperature 750 0.25 130 25 >1% Pb Free cutting 700 0.27 110 26 N Copper alloys Brass 700 0.27 90 27 Electrolitic copper 700 0.27 100 28 Duroplastics, fiber 29 Non metallic plastics Hard rubber 30 Fe based Annealed 2600 0.24 200 31 Cured 3100 0.24 280 32 High temp. alloys Annealed 3300 0.24 250 33 Ni or Co based Cured 3300 0.24 350 34 S Cast 3300 0.24 320 35 RM 400 1700 0.23 36 Titanium Ti alloys Alpha+beta alloys RM 1050 2110 0.22 37 cured Hardened 4600 55 HRc 38 Hardened steel Hardened 4700 60 HRc 39 H Chilled cast iron Cast 4600 400 40 Cast iron Hardened 4500 55 HRc 41 Steel Stainless Steel Cast Iron Nonferrous High Temp. Alloys Hardened Steel (1) Specific cutting force for 1 mm 2 chip section (2) Chip thickness factor. 554 ISCAR