What Material Is Martensitic Stainless Steel

Martensitic stainless steel, like ordinary alloy steel, has the characteristic of hardening through quenching, so a wide range of different mechanical properties can be obtained by selecting the grade and heat treatment conditions.
Martensitic stainless steel can be distinguished from a large perspective, belonging to the iron chromium carbon series stainless steel, and can be further divided into martensitic chromium series stainless steel and martensitic chromium nickel series stainless steel.
Under quenching tempering conditions, increasing the chromium content in martensitic chromium stainless steel can increase the ferrite content, thereby reducing hardness and tensile strength, but improving plasticity.