How to interpret the type of steel used in a tool

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The description states: Material: 400CC Steel. Googling 400CC Steel shows only shopping offers, not the articles or tables about steels.

How do I look up materials? Is it a good tool steel or some cheap powder one? Is there any comprehensive material ID database around?

Best Answer

There are many types of standards which provide Steel Grades. The one you mentioned seems to be of SAE Steel Grades.

400 --> is a 400 series steel

C --> has Carbon

C --> has Chromium

All steels of 4xx are usually Molybdenum steels and have Ni and Cr apart from Carbon