1. Forgeability: Low resistance to hot forging deformation, good plasticity, wide forging temperature range, and low tendency to forging cracks, cold cracks, and precipitation of network carbides.
2. Annealing Processability: Wide spheroidizing annealing temperature range, low annealing hardness with small fluctuation range, and high spheroidization rate.
3. Machinability: Large cutting parameters, low tool wear, and low surface roughness.
4. Oxidation and Decarburization Sensitivity: Good oxidation resistance at high temperatures, slow decarburization rate, insensitive to heating media, and low tendency to develop pitting.
5. Hardenability: Uniform and high surface hardness after quenching.
6. Hardenability: A deep hardened layer can be obtained after quenching; hardening can be achieved using mild quenching media.
7. Quenching Deformation and Cracking Tendency: Small volume change after conventional quenching, slight warping and distortion, and low tendency for abnormal deformation. Conventional quenching exhibits low susceptibility to cracking and is insensitive to quenching temperature and workpiece shape.
8. Machinability: The grinding wheel experiences relatively low wear, has a high burn-free grinding limit, is insensitive to wheel quality and cooling conditions, and is less prone to grinding damage and cracks.