Would Any body be able to tell me the chemical equation of steel to chromoly?

[Ari]

I am doing some science homework and am wondering if any body would be able to tell me the chemical equation of steel+molybdenum+chromium reacts to form Chomoly

[precisionworks]

This may help:

http://www.howcogroup.com/guide/Carbon/w_4140.htm

Also, try a Google search using "astm 4140 chemical composition".

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Barry Milton

[Ari]

Thanks heaps...now I've got all the info I need for my project on 4130 Chromoly mountain bike frames

[tryp]

Whoa hold the project a moment!! Pick up a book on elementary metalurgy. Or even chemistry.

Steel in itself is an alloy or solid metallic solution of metals dissolved in iron with a small ammount of carbon depending on the alloy.

There is no such thing as a chemical equation where steel combines with some other metals to form anything else. There is no "reaction". However you can add alloying elements like chromium and molybdenum and get an alloy steel with desireable properties. All that happens when the metals are added is that they dissolve in the iron/carbon(steel) matrix.

The properties of a steel depend on the alloying elements and the conditions heat and working/forming it has been subjected to.