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Metal Steel Carbon Steel Low Carbon Steel ASTM A36

ASTM A36

Related Standards

ASTM A36

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Properties
General
Property Temperature Value Comment

Density 23.0 °C 7.8 - 7.9 g/cm³ Typical for Low Carbon

Steel

Mechanical
Property Temperature Value Comment

Elastic modulus 23.0 °C 200 - 215 GPa Typical for Low Carbon
Steel

Elongation A200 23.0 °C 20 %

Elongation A50 23.0 °C 21 - 23 %

Poisson's ratio 23.0 °C 0.29 [-] Typical for Low Carbon

Steel

Shear modulus 23.0 °C 82 GPa Typical for Low Carbon

Steel

Tensile strength 23.0 °C 400 - 550 MPa

Yield strength 23.0 °C 250 MPa

Thermal
Property Temperature Value Comment

Coefficient of 23.0 °C 1.32E-5 - 1.38E-5 1/K Typical for Low Carbon

thermal Steel
expansion

Max service 500 °C Typical for Carbon Steel

temperature
Melting point 1480 - 1526 °C Typical for Low Carbon
Steel

Specific heat 23.0 °C 465 J/(kg·K) Typical for Low Carbon

capacity Steel

Thermal 23.0 °C 25 - 93 W/(m·K) Typical for Low Carbon

conductivity Steel

Electrical
Property Temperature Value Comment

Electrical 23.0 °C 1.43E-7 - 1.74E-7 Ω·m Typical for Carbon Steel

resistivity

Magnetic
Property Value Comment

Curie 770 °C Typical for Low Carbon Steel

temperature

Chemical properties
Property Value

Carbon 0.26 %

Copper 0.2 %

Phosphorus 0.04 %

Silicon 0.4 %

Sulfur 0.05 %