Stainless Steel Bar- 12" Bar- CPMS90V- Surface Ground and Annealed, for Knifemaking, Jewelry, Metalworking- Made in The USA (1, .250"x1.5")

Stainless Steel Bar- 12" Bar- CPMS90V- Surface Ground and Annealed, for Knifemaking, Jewelry, Metalworking- Made in The USA (1, .250"x1.5")

• Thickness and width varies, you choose size
• This steel is hot rolled, annealed and surface ground- MADE IN THE USA
• CRUCIBLE CPM S90V (CPM 420V) Issue #1 Carbon 2.3% Chromium 14.0% Vanadium 9.0% Molybdenum 1.0%
• CPM S90V is a unique tool steel made by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy process. It is a martensitic stainless steel with a high volume of vanadium carbides for exceptionally good wear resistance. S90V offers substantial improvements in wear resistance over 440C and D2, and other high chromium tool steels, with corrosion resistance equal to or better than 440C. Its high vanadium content favors the formation of hard vanadium carbides instead of chromium carbides for wear resistance, leaving sufficient chromium in the matrix to provide good corrosion resistance.
• The wear and corrosion resistance of S90V make it an excellent candidate to replace 440C, where increased wear is a primary concern. It can replace D2 or other tool steels in applications where improved corrosion resistance is also of benefit.
• Tough steel (about the same as D2) that is stainless.
• Note: CPM bar stock normally comes with a very hard black exterior from the foundry. This bar stock has been surface ground to specified thickness plus .010". This means the black foundry scale has been ground off the steel leaving a raw steel finish. It is not precision ground but the thickness is going to be fairly close to the specified thickness.