Description
This 1117 certified reference material is a resulfurized, free-machining carbon steel alloy used as a standard for calibrating and verifying your spectrometer (handheld XRF, benchtop XRF, OES). This material is certified to ISO 17034 with values established through interlaboratory testing, giving you traceable, defensible composition data for calibration checks, instrument verification, and quality control.
For field verification and PMI work, many customers pair this material with NEW or PRE-OWNED handheld XRF analyzers for rapid, on-site analysis.
Certified 1117 Steel Chemical Composition:
| Element | Certified Value | Uncertainty |
|---|---|---|
| Fe | 97.7% | ±0.1% |
| Mn | 1.24% | ±0.02% |
| C | 0.190% | ±0.005% |
| Cr | 0.169% | ±0.003% |
| Si | 0.204% | ±0.008% |
| Cu | 0.224% | ±0.009% |
| S | 0.103% | ±0.008% |
| Ni | 0.077% | ±0.003% |
| P | 0.024% | ±0.002% |
| Mo | 0.021% | ±0.003% |
| N | 0.0096% | ±0.0007% |
| As | 0.0061% | ±0.0009% |
| O | 0.0039% | ±0.0008% |
| Co | 0.0072% | ±0.0005% |
| V | 0.0033% | ±0.0007% |
| Al | 0.0020% | ±0.0004% |
| Ti | 0.0009% | ±0.0004% |
| H | 0.0002% | ±0.0001% |
Informational (non-certified) values: B <0.05%, Ca <0.005%, Mg <0.0005%, Nb 0.004%, Pb <0.005%, Sb <0.05%, Sn 0.009%, W 0.004%, Zn <0.05%, Zr 0.0013%
View Certificate of Analysis here.
Other Names:
AISI 1117, Carbon Steel 1117, UNS G11170, Resulfurized Steel 1117
Available material forms:
- OES - Disc: 38mm D x 19mm
- XRF - Disc: 38mm D x ~7mm
Please Contact Us if you would like to know the specific dimensions of a sample.

