Steel expense

[tallwingedgoat]

Is A2 more expensive than ATS-34? What about D2?

I looked up several sources, but since they list steel stock in different sizes, it's hard to really compare.

 

[Gerome Weinand]

yes a-2 is more ezpensive and it will allso rust as it only has .5 chrome

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[tallwingedgoat]

Gerome,

Thanks for the answer. I'm surprized at that. It would seem to me they're compositionally similiar. (except for chromium) And with what I heard about ATS-34 being made to exacting standards and vaccum melted. . .

Just don't get it I guess.

 

[Will Kwan]

Calculate price/LB or price per volume to compare.

Will

[This message has been edited by Will Kwan (edited 04-05-2001).]

 

[BobW]

You will find that A2 has about 5%Chrome and .9% Carbon. D2 has about 12% Chrome and about 1% Carbon. ATS 34 has about 13% Chrome and about 1.5% Carbon. The more Chrome the better the corrosion resistance(rust). ATS 34 is a foreign import that is very close to CPM 154 which used to be made by Crucible Steel.

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[e_utopia]

154CM, Bob - there is not such steel as 'CPM 154', last I heard....

--JB

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