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1.7225 | 42CrMo4 investment casting

Numeric designation1.7225
Chemical designation42CrMo4
Stateinvestment casting
Etching3 % Nital

The microstructure of upper bainite is very coarse here. The former austenite grain size is also huge with approx. 1 mm. The hardness is 290 HV0.5.