Armox® 500T

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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 - 1750210 - 253 8 10
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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 on each heat and thickness from 6 mm.

      Tensile test according to EN ISO 6892 on each heat and thickness under 19.9 mm. 

      Ultrasonic testing

      According to EN 10160 Class E3S3.

      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
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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

          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

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                Thickness
                (mmin)
                Tolerance
                (mmin)
                3.0 - 12.90.118 - 0.508 - 0.0 / + 0.6- 0.00 / + 0.024
                13.0 - 20.00.512 - 0.787 - 0.0 / + 0.8- 0.00 / + 0.031
                20.1 - 39.90.791 - 1.571 - 0.0 / + 1.0- 0.00 / + 0.039
                40.0 - 59.91.575 - 2.358 - 0.0 / + 1.4- 0.00 / + 0.055
                60.0 - 80.02.362 - 3.150 - 0.0 / + 1.6- 0.00 / + 0.063
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                  Thickness
                  (mmin)
                  3.0 - 12.90.118 - 0.508
                  Tolerance
                  (mmin)
                  - 0.0 / + 0.6- 0.00 / + 0.024
                  Thickness
                  (mmin)
                  13.0 - 20.00.512 - 0.787
                  Tolerance
                  (mmin)
                  - 0.0 / + 0.8- 0.00 / + 0.031
                  Thickness
                  (mmin)
                  20.1 - 39.90.791 - 1.571
                  Tolerance
                  (mmin)
                  - 0.0 / + 1.0- 0.00 / + 0.039
                  Thickness
                  (mmin)
                  40.0 - 59.91.575 - 2.358
                  Tolerance
                  (mmin)
                  - 0.0 / + 1.4- 0.00 / + 0.055
                  Thickness
                  (mmin)
                  60.0 - 80.02.362 - 3.150
                  Tolerance
                  (mmin)
                  - 0.0 / + 1.6- 0.00 / + 0.063

                  Length and Width

                  According to SSAB´s dimension program.

                  • Tolerances conform to EN 10 029 or to SSAB´s standard after agreement.
                  • Dimensional tolerances for plate with mill edge according to special agreement.
                  • ≤ 45.0 mm mill edge as standard.

                  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).

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