AISI/SAE Steel Grades* X X X X

Indicates the amount of carbon present by weight in hundredths of a percent. i.e. XX40 would indicate 0.40 wt % C

1XXXCarbon Steels 10XXPlain Carbon Steel (Maximum 1.00% Manganese) 11XXResulfurized 12XXResulfurized and Rephosphorized 15XXPlain Carbon Steel (1.00 to 1.65% Manganese) 2XXXNickel Steels 23XX3.5% Nickel 25XX5.0% Nickel 3XXXNickel-Chromium Steels 31XX1.25% Nickel, 0.65% or 0.80% Nickel 32XX1.25% Nickel, 1.07% Chromium 33XX3.50% Nickel, 1.50% or 1.57% Chromium 34XX3.00% Nickel, 0.77% Chromium 4XXXMolybdenum Steels 40XX0.20% to 0.25% Molybdenum 41XX0.12% to 0.30% Molybdenum, 0.5 to 0.95 Chromium 44XX0.40% to 0.52% Molybdenum 5XXXChromium Steels 50XX0.27% to 0.65% Chromium 51XX1.02% Chromium, Minimum 1.00% Carbon 52XX1.45% Chromium, Minimum 1.00% Carbon

6XXXChromium-Vanadium Steels 61XX0.60 to 0.95% Chromium, 0.1 to 0.5% Vanadium 7XXXTungsten-Chromium Steels 72XX1.75% Tungsten, 0.75% Chromium 8XXXNickel-Chromium-Molybdenum Steels 81XX0.30% Nickel, 0.40% Chromium, 0.12% Molybdenum 86XX0.55% Nickel, 0.50% Chromium, 0.20% Molybdenum 87XX0.55% Nickel, 0.50% Chromium, 0.25% Molybdenum 88XX0.55% Nickel, 0.50% Chromium, 0.35% Molybdenum 9XXXSilicon-Manganese Steels 92XX1.40% to 2.00% Silicon, 0.65% to 0.85% Manganese, 0.00% to 0.65% Chromium

* This list is simplified and not exhaustive. Refer to http://www.engineersedge.com/materials/aisi-sae-steel-identification.htm