Description
420 Martensitic Stainless Steel Certified Reference Material (CRM)
This AISI 420 certified reference material is a martensitic stainless steel alloy widely used as a standard for calibrating and verifying your spectrometer (XRF, ICP-OES, Spark-OES, etc.). This material is precisely manufactured and certified to have traceable measurements and specified impurity levels, ensuring reliable results for laboratories performing calibration, quality control, and materials testing.
Certified 420 Stainless Steel Chemical Compositions:
| Element | Composition 1 | Composition 2 |
| Al | 0.002% | 0.0034% |
| B | 0.0007% | |
| C | 0.35% | 0.339% |
| Co | 0.020% | 0.016% |
| Cr | 12.20% | 12.41% |
| Cu | 0.087% | 0.120% |
| Mn | 0.405% | 0.423% |
| Mo | 0.079% | 0.036% |
| N | 0.020% | 0.054% |
| Nb | 0.003% | 0.014% |
| Ni | 0.223% | 0.215% |
| O | 0.0016% | 0.0042% |
| P | 0.017% | 0.0174% |
| S | 0.0004% | 0.0043% |
| Si | 0.45% | 0.37% |
| Sn | 0.006% | 0.0058% |
| Ti | 0.002% | 0.0015% |
| V | 0.067% | 0.043% |
| W | 0.010 | 0.005% |
AISI 420 Stainless Steel Chemical Range:
| Element | Composition |
| C | 0.15% min |
| Mn | 1% max |
| Si | 1% max |
| P | 0.040% max |
| S | 0.030% max |
| Cr | 12-14% |
Other Names:
UNS S42000, AISI 420, EN 1.4021, BS 420S37, DIN 1.4021, JIS SUS420J1, Martensitic Stainless Steel
Available material forms and sample sizes:
- XRF:
- Composition 1: Disc - 1/8" thick, 1.5" diameter
- Composition 2: Disc - 1/8" thick, 1.5" diameter
- OES:
- Composition 1: unavailable
- Composition 2: Disc - 3/4" thick, 1.5" diameter
- Chips:
- Composition 1: unavailable
- Composition 2: 50g of chips
Please Contact Us if you would like to know the specific dimensions of a sample.



