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15-5 PH Vac Melt - Stainless Steel - Fry Steel

Stainless Steel / 15-5 PH VAC MELT

15-5 PH VM stainless steel is a martensitic precipitation-hardening stainless steel with approximately 15% Chromium and 5% Nickel, hence the name 15-5. Vacuum Consumable Electrode Remelting (VM) is the melt process used for Type 1. The VM material is a cleaner product offering lower percentages of ferrite. 15-5 has high strength, high hardness, and excellent corrosion resistance. 15-5 materials forgeability is superior to 17-4. Strength can be further increased by a single low temperature heat treatment. (UNS:S15500)

Chemical Makeup of 15-5 PH Vac Melt

Element	Min	Max
Carbon, C	–	0.07
Manganese, Mn	–	1
Silicon, Si	–	1
Sulfur, S	–	0.015
Phosphorus, P	–	0.03
Chromium, Cr	14	15.5
Molybdenum, Mo	-	0.5
Nickel, Ni	3.5	5.5
Columbium (Niobium), Nb	5xC	0.45
Copper, Cu	2.5	4.5

Common Applications of 15-5 PH Vac Melt

Aerospace
Industrial

Benefits

Good Corrosion Resistance
Formability & Weldability
High Strength & Hardness

We stock 15-5 PH VAC MELT to the following specifications:

AMS-2300
AMS-2315
AMS-5659 TYPE 1 EXC. FINISH
ASTM-A-484
CAP. ASTM-A-564 GRADE XM12

Click on a cross-section to see the sizes we stock:

Flat
hex
Round
Square

Stainless Steel
15-5 PH VAC MELT
Flat
104 sizes and conditions:

HR&P - Hot Rolled and Pickled
3/16 X 1 - HR&P
3/16 X 1-1/4 - HR&P
3/16 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
3/16 X 2 - HR&P
3/16 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
3/16 X 3 - HR&P
1/4 X 1 - HR&P
1/4 X 1-1/4 - HR&P
1/4 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
1/4 X 2 - HR&P
1/4 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1/4 X 3 - HR&P
5/16 X 1 - HR&P
5/16 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
5/16 X 2 - HR&P
5/16 X 3 - HR&P
3/8 X 1 - HR&P
3/8 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
3/8 X 2 - HR&P
3/8 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
3/8 X 3 - HR&P
3/8 X 4 - HR&P
1/2 X 1 - HR&P
1/2 X 1-1/4 - HR&P
1/2 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
1/2 X 1-3/4 - HR&P
1/2 X 2 - HR&P
1/2 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1/2 X 3 - HR&P
1/2 X 4 - HR&P
1/2 X 5 - HR&P
1/2 X 6 - HR&P
5/8 X 1 - HR&P
5/8 X 1-1/4 - HR&P
5/8 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
5/8 X 2 - HR&P
5/8 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
5/8 X 3 - HR&P
5/8 X 4 - HR&P
3/4 X 1 - HR&P
3/4 X 1-1/4 - HR&P
3/4 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
3/4 X 1-3/4 - HR&P
3/4 X 2 - HR&P
3/4 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
3/4 X 3 - HR&P
3/4 X 3-1/2 - HR&P
3/4 X 4 - HR&P
3/4 X 4-1/4 - HR&P
3/4 X 5 - HR&P
3/4 X 6 - HR&P
1 X 1-1/4 - HR&P
1 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
1 X 2 - HR&P
1 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1 X 3 - HR&P
1 X 3-1/2 - HR&P
1 X 4 - HR&P
1 X 5 - HR&P
1 X 6 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 1-1/2 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 2 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 3 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 4 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 5 - HR&P
1-1/4 X 6 - HR&P
1-3/8 X 2 - HR&P
1-3/8 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1-1/2 X 2 - HR&P
1-1/2 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1-1/2 X 3 - HR&P
1-1/2 X 4 - HR&P
1-1/2 X 5 - HR&P
1-1/2 X 6 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 2 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 3 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 3-1/2 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 4 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 5 - HR&P
1-3/4 X 6 - HR&P
2 X 2-1/2 - HR&P
2 X 3 - HR&P
2 X 3-1/2 - HR&P
2 X 4 - HR&P
2 X 5 - HR&P
2 X 6 - HR&P
2-1/4 X 3 - HR&P
2-1/4 X 4 - HR&P
2-1/4 X 6 - HR&P
2-1/2 X 3 - HR&P
2-1/2 X 3-1/2 - HR&P
2-1/2 X 4 - HR&P
2-1/2 X 6 - HR&P
3 X 4 - HR&P
3 X 4-1/2 - HR&P
3 X 5 - HR&P
3 X 6 - HR&P
3 X 8 - HR&P
3-1/2 X 4 - HR&P
4 X 6 - HR&P
4 X 8 - HR&P

Stainless Steel
15-5 PH VAC MELT
Round
103 sizes and conditions:

CG - Centerless Ground HR RT - Hot Rolled Rough Turned HR RT - Hot Rolled Rough Turned
1/8 - CG
3/16 - CG
.1925 - CG
1/4 - CG
.255 - CG
.260 - CG
5/16 - CG
.3175 - CG
.3225 - CG
3/8 - CG
.380 - CG
.385 - CG
7/16 - CG
.4425 - CG
.447 - CG
1/2 - CG
.505 - CG
.510 - CG
9/16 - CG
.5675 - CG
5/8 - CG
.630 - CG
.635 - CG
11/16 - CG
.6925 - CG
3/4 - CG
.755 - CG
.760 - CG
13/16 - CG
7/8 - CG
.885 - CG
15/16 - CG
1 - CG
1.005 - CG
1.010 - CG
1-1/16 - CG
1-1/8 - CG
1.135 - CG
1-3/16 - CG
1-1/4 - CG
1.260 - CG
1-5/16 - CG
1-3/8 - CG
1.385 - CG
1-7/16 - CG
1-1/2 - CG
1.510 - CG
1-9/16 - CG
1-5/8 - CG
1-11/16 - CG
1-3/4 - CG
1.760 - CG
1-13/16 - CG
1-7/8 - CG
1-15/16 - CG
2 - CG
2.010 - CG
2-1/16 - HR RT
2-1/8 - HR RT
2-3/16 - HR RT
2-1/4 - HR RT
2-3/8 - HR RT
2-1/2 - HR RT
2-5/8 - HR RT
2-3/4 - HR RT
2-7/8 - HR RT
3 - HR RT
3-1/8 - HR RT
3-1/4 - HR RT
3-3/8 - HR RT
3-1/2 - HR RT
3-5/8 - HR RT
3-3/4 - HR RT
3-7/8 - HR RT
4 - HR RT
4-1/8 - HR RT
4-1/4 - HR RT
4-3/8 - HR RT
4-1/2 - HR RT
4-5/8 - HR RT
4-3/4 - HR RT
4-7/8 - HR RT
5 - HR RT
5-1/4 - HR RT
5-1/2 - HR RT
5-3/4 - HR RT
6 - HR RT
6-1/4 - HR RT
6-1/2 - HR RT
6-3/4 - HR RT
7 - HR RT
7-1/2 - HR RT
8 - HR RT
8-1/2 - HR RT
9 - HR RT
9-1/2 - HR RT
10 - HR RT
10-1/2 - HR RT
11 - HR RT
12 - HR RT
14 - HR RT
15 - HR RT

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