Material Property References for Steel
Mechanical Properties of Carbon and Alloy Steels
AISI No. Treatment Tensile strength
(ksi)Yield strength
(ksi)Elongation
(%)Reduction in area
(%)Hardness
(HB)1015 As-rolled 61 45.5 39 61 126 1020 As-rolled 65 48 36 59 143 1022 As-rolled 73 52 35 67 149 1030 As-rolled 80 50 32 57 179 1040 As-rolled 90 60 25 50 201 1050 As-rolled 105 60 20 40 229 1060 As-rolled 118 70 17 34 241 Elastic Constants
Metal Young's modulus, E
(106 psi)Shear modulus, G
(106 psi)Bulk modulus, K
(106 psi)Poisson's ratio, n Aluminum 10.2 3.80 10.9 0.345 Brass, 30 Zn 14.6 5.41 16.2 0.350 Chromium 40.5 16.7 23.2 0.210 Copper 18.8 7.01 20.0 0.343 Iron (soft) 30.7 11.8 24.6 0.293 Iron (cast) 22.1 8.7 15.9 0.27 Lead 2.34 0.811 6.64 0.44 Magnesium 6.48 2.51 5.16 0.291 Molybdenum 47.1 18.2 37.9 0.293 Nickel (soft) 28.9 11.0 25.7 0.312 Nickel (hard) 31.8 12.2 27.2 0.306 Nickel-silver, 55CU-18Ni-27Zn 19.2 4.97 19.1 0.333 Niobium 15.2 5.44 24.7 0.397 Silver 12.0 4.39 15.0 0.367 Steel, mild 30.7 11.9 24.5 0.291 Steel, 0.75 C 30.5 11.8 24.5 0.293 Steel, 0.75 C, hardened 29.2 11.3 23.9 0.296 Steel, tool 30.7 11.9 24.0 0.287 Steel, tool, hardened 29.5 11.4 24.0 0.295 Steel, stainless, 2Ni-18Cr 31.2 12.2 24.1 0.283 Tantalum 26.9 10.0 28.5 0.342 Tin 7.24 2.67 8.44 0.357 Titanium 17.4 6.61 15.7 0.361 Tungsten 59.6 23.3 45.1 0.280 Vanadium 18.5 6.77 22.9 0.365 Zinc 15.2 6.08 10.1 0.249