AK Steel 17-7 PH® provides high strength and hardness, excellent fatigue properties, good corrosion resistance, good formability, and minimum distortion upon heat treatment. This alloy provides valuable property combinations particularly well suited for aerospace applications. This special alloy also provides benefits for other applications requiring high strength and good corrosion resistance, as well as excellent properties for flat springs at temperatures up to 600°F (310°C).
The material supplied from the mill is in Condition A. After fabrication, and conditioning treatments, the material is precipitation hardened into either Condition TH 1050 or Condition RH 950. To achieve the highest mechanical properties Condition A material is transformed to martensite at the mill by cold reduction to Condition C. After fabrication by the user a single low-temperature heat treatment is preformed to achieve condition CH 900.Information provided by AK Steel |
