Maxamet

Carpenter® steel's Micro-Melt® Maxamet® alloy is a high alloy content super hard powder high speed steel with properties intermediate between conventional high speed steels and cemented carbide. Consider for use in applications where conventional tool steels do not hold up. The alloying additions provide excellent wear resistance due to a high carbide volume, and good toughness at high hardness levels.

For more background and information, also see the article in the Spyderco byte - August 2016 Newsletter.

Maxamet consists of:

Carbon

Chromium

Cobalt

Copper

Manganese

Molybdenium

Nickel

Niobium

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Silicon

Sulfur

Tungsten

Vanadium

2.15

4.75

10.00

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0.30

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0.25

0.07

13.00

6.00