Leaf Springs

Spring steel is a low alloy, medium carbon steel or high carbon steel with a very high yield strength.
This allows objects made of spring steel to return to their original shape despite significant bending
or twisting.

Silicon is the key component to most spring steel alloys. An example of a spring steel used for cars
would be AISI 9255 (DIN and UNI: 55Si7, AFNOR 55S7), containing 1.50%-1.80% silicon, 0.70%-
1.00% manganese and 0.52%-0.60% carbon.

ASTM A689

Coil Spings
Most spring steels (as used in cars) are hardened and tempered to about 45 Rockwell C.[citation
needed]

Spring steel is also commonly used in the manufacture of metal swords used for stage combat due
to its resistance to snapping or shattering.

The most widely used spring steel is ASTM A228 (0.80–0.95% carbon), which is also known as music
wire.[1] Spring steel is one of the most popular materials used in the fabrication of lockpicks due to
its pliability and resilience.