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    General Product Description

    High hardness armor with extraordinary toughness properties.

    Armox® 500T is the world’s toughest protection plate, having nominal 500 HBW hardness, for use in vehicles, buildings and many more applications.

    Benefits of Armox® 500T include: 

    • Market-leading steel protection
    • Superior workshop properties
    • Optimized solutions
    • Perfect hardness/toughness balance, for combined penetration and blast protection
    • Expertise in ballistic protection from SSAB

    It offers vehicle designers new ways to increase protection using lighter weight designs.

    Armox® 500T is not intended for further heat treatment.

    Mechanical Properties

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      Thickness
      (mmin)      		 Hardness
      (HBW)      		 Yield strength Rp0.2
      (min MPaksi)      		 Tensile strength Rm
      (MPaksi)      		 Elongation A5
      (min %)      		 Elongation A50
      (min %)
      3.0 - 80.00.118 - 3.150 480 - 540 1250181 1450 - 1800210 - 253 8 10
      80.1 - 130.03.145 - 5.118 470 - 540 1200174 1450 - 1800210 - 261 — —
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        Mechanical Testing

        Brinell hardness test according to EN ISO 6506-1 on each heat treatment individual.

        Charpy impact test according to EN ISO 148-1 on each heat and thickness from 6 mm.

        Tensile test according to EN ISO 6892-1 on each heat and thicknesses.

        Ultrasonic testing

        According to EN 10160 Class E3S3 for thicknesses up to 80 mm and E1S2 for > 80 mm.

        Impact Properties

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          Thickness
          (mmin)          		 Min impact energy for transversal testing,
          Charpy V 10x10 mm test specimen 1)
          3.0 - 80.00.118 - 3.150 32 J / -40 °C23 ft-lbs / -40 °F
          80.1 - 130.03.154 - 5.118 20 J / -40 °C14 ft-lbs / -40 °F
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            Thickness
            (mmin)
            3.0 - 80.00.118 - 3.150
            Min impact energy for transversal testing,
            Charpy V 10x10 mm test specimen 1)
            32 J / -40 °C23 ft-lbs / -40 °F
            Thickness
            (mmin)
            80.1 - 130.03.154 - 5.118
            Min impact energy for transversal testing,
            Charpy V 10x10 mm test specimen 1)
            20 J / -40 °C14 ft-lbs / -40 °F

            1) Average of three tests. Transverse to rolling direction. Single value min. 70% of specified average. For plate thicknesses under 12 mm sub-size Charpy-V specimen are used. The specified minimum value is then propotional to the specimen cross-section.

            Chemical Composition (ladle analysis)

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              C *)
              (max %)              		 Si *)
              (max %)              		 Mn*)
              (max %)              		 P
              (max %)              		 S
              (max %)              		 Cr*)
              (max %)              		 Ni*)
              (max %)              		 Mo*)
              (max %)              		 B*)
              (max %)
              0.32 0.40 1.20 0.010 0.003 1.0 1) 1.80 1) 0.70 0.005
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                1) For plate thicknesses >70 mm Cr ≤ 1.5 and Ni ≤3.5.
                The steel is grain-refined. *) Intentional alloying elements.

                Tolerances

                More details are given in SSAB´s brochure Armox® Guarantees or on www.ssab.com.

                Thickness

                Tolerances according to Armox® Thickness Guarantees.

                Armox® Guarantees meet the requirements of EN 10029 Class C, but offers narrower tolerances.

                Length and Width

                Tolerances conform to EN 10029 or to SSAB´s standard after agreement.

                Dimensional tolerances for plate with mill edge according to special agreement. 

                Shape

                Tolerances according to EN 10029.

                Flatness

                Tolerances according to Armox® flatness guarantees, which are more restrictive than EN 10029 Class N (steel type L).

                Surface Properties

                According to EN 10163-2 Class B, Subclass 3.

                Delivery Conditions

                The delivery condition is QT (Quenched and Tempered). Plates with thicknesses over 50 mm are delivered with mill edge as standard.

                Delivery requirements can be found in SSAB’s brochure Armox® Guarantees or www.ssab.com.