IS 3431 50Cr4V2 Steel: Supply & Demand
Buyer RFQ demand against seller listing supply for IS 3431 50Cr4V2, broken down by form. Signals are indicative and derived from listings and RFQs.
Last updated: 16 Oct 2026, 1:00 AM
Lifetime: This grade’s supply and demand by form, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade historically drawn more buyers than sellers?”
| Form |
Supply |
Demand |
Status |
Price Band (Rs./MT) |
| Round Bar |
36 |
1 |
Deep Supply |
65,133
to
95,509
median 83,396
|
IS 3431 50Cr4V2's demand ranks in the top 38% of all 484 tracked grades platform-wide.
The Round Bar form most recently moved into Deep Supply, 126 days ago.
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IS 3431 50Cr4V2 is a Spring Steel grade: Hot-rolled chromium-vanadium spring steel 50Cr4V2 to IS 3431:1982 as amended (Amendments 1 to 3), supplied as bars (also centreless ground or precision bars) and flats for volute, helical and laminated springs for automotive suspension. It through-hardens to at least 54 HRC in oil up to 25 mm round or 16 mm flat, and in the quenched and tempered condition reaches 1370 to 1620 MPa tensile strength. The standard was reaffirmed in 1997 and 2001.
Typical applications: valve springs,high performance automotive springs,aerospace springs,coil springs,torsion bars.
Equivalent / Similar Grades (8)
Chemical Composition (%)
| C |
Cr |
Mn |
P |
S |
Si |
V |
| 0.45-0.55 |
0.90-1.20 |
0.50-0.80 |
<=0.045 |
<=0.045 |
0.15-0.35 |
0.15-0.30 |
Mechanical Properties
| Core Hardness After Quenching |
>=54 HRC (oil, up to 25 mm round / 16 mm flat) |
| Elongation (quenched and tempered) |
>=6% |
| Hardness, soft annealed |
<=245 HB |
| Hardness, untreated (hot rolled) |
above 310 HB (reference value) |
| Tensile Strength (quenched and tempered) |
1370-1620 MPa |
| Yield Stress (quenched and tempered) |
>=1180 MPa |