52100
Noun
Meaning
52100 (uncountable)
(US, metallurgy) 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%).
52100 bearings developed the largest compressive residual stress
52100 continues to be the most used bearing steel
In the annealed condition 52100 is comparatively easy to machine
Synonyms
UK
100cr6
aisi 52100
astm 52100
din 1.3505
uni 100cr6
iso 100cr6
en 1.3505
1.3505
52100 steel
52100 bearing steel
52100 alloy steel
52100 steel alloy
alloy steel 52100
sae 52100
Phrases with the word
Examples
One of the first improvements was to replace the steel cubes with convert hardened 52100 alloy ball bearings.