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A. Overview of China's steel number expression method
Steel number for short, is the name taken for each specific steel product, is a common language for people to understand the steel. China’s steel number, according to the national standard “Steel Product Grade Method” (GB221-79), using the hanyu pinyin letters, chemical element symbols and Arabic numerals combined method of expression. That is.
① The chemical elements in the steel number are expressed by international chemical symbols, such as Si, Mn, Cr ……, etc. Mixed rare earth elements with ” RE ” (or ” Xt “) said.
② product name, use, smelting and pouring methods, etc., generally using the abbreviated letters of Hanyu Pinyin, see table.
③ steel in the main chemical element content ( % ) using Arabic numerals.
Table: GB standard steel number used in the abbreviated letters and their meanings

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Name | Chinese Character | Symbol | Font | Position |
Yield point | Yield | Q | Capitalization | Head |
Boiling stee | boiling | F | Capitalization | tail |
Semi-sedated steel | semi | b | lowercase | tail |
Calming steel | town | Z | Capitalization | tail |
Special sedation steel | special town | TZ | Capitalization | tail |
Oxygen converter (steel) | Oxygen | Y | Capitalization | 中 |
Alkaline air converter (steel) | Alkaline | J | Capitalization | 中 |
Free-cutting steel | easy | Y | Capitalization | Head |
Carbon tool steel | Carbon | T | Capitalization | Head |
Rolling bearing steel | Rolling | G | Capitalization | Head |
Steel for welding rod | Weld | H | Capitalization | Head |
High grade (high quality steel) | High | A | Capitalization | tail |
Special grade | Special | E | Capitalization | tail |
riveted screw steel | riveted screw | ML | Capitalization | Head |
Anchor chain steel | Anchor | M | Capitalization | Head |
Mining Steel | mining | K | Capitalization | tail |
Steel for automobile beams | beam | L | Capitalization | tail |
Steel for pressure vessel | capacity | R | Capitalization | tail |
Steel for multi-layer or high-pressure vessels | high level | gc | lowercase | tail |
Cast steel | Cast steel | ZG | Capitalization | Head |
Cast steel for rolls | Casting rolls | ZU | Capitalization | Head |
Steel for Geological Drilling Tubes | Geological | DZ | Capitalization | Head |
Hot rolled silicon steel for electrical engineering | Electrothermal | DR | Capitalization | Head |
Cold-rolled non-oriented silicon steel for electrical engineering | El
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