15-5pH steel alloy was designed to have greater toughness than 17-4 PH. The 15-5 alloy is martensitic in structure in the annealed condition and is further strengthened by a relatively low temperature heat treatment which precipitates a copper containing phase in the alloy. 15-5 is also referred to as XM-12 in some specifications
| 
 C  | 
 Cr  | 
 Ni  | 
 Si  | 
 Mn  | 
 P  | 
 S  | 
 Cu  | 
 Nb  | 
| 
 ≤0.07  | 
 14.0-15.5  | 
 3.5-5.5  | 
 ≤1.0  | 
 ≤1.0  | 
 ≤0.04  | 
 ≤0.03  | 
 2.5-4.5  | 
 0.15-0.45  | 
| 
 Density  | 
 Electric resistivity  | 
 Heat specific capacity  | 
 Thermal expansion coefficient  | 
| 
 7.8  | 
 0.98  | 
 460  | 
 10.8  | 
| 
 Condition  | 
 бb/N/mm2  | 
 б0.2/N/mm2  | 
 δ5/%  | 
 ψ  | 
 HRC  | 
|
| 
 Precipitation  | 
 480℃ageing  | 
 1310  | 
 1180  | 
 10  | 
 35  | 
 ≥40  | 
| 
 550℃ageing  | 
 1070  | 
 1000  | 
 12  | 
 45  | 
 ≥35  | 
|
| 
 580℃ageing  | 
 1000  | 
 865  | 
 13  | 
 45  | 
 ≥31  | 
|
| 
 620℃ageing  | 
 930  | 
 725  | 
 16  | 
 50  | 
 ≥28  | 
|
AMS 5659, AMS 5862,ASTM-A564 (XM-12),BMS 7-240 (Boeing),W. Nr./EN 1.4545
• Precipitation Hardening
• High Strength
• Moderate corrosion resistance to 600°F
• Aerospace applications
• Chemical and petrochemical applications
• Pulp and paper
• Food processing