SPECIFIED

MINIMUM MINIMUM
ASTM
TYPES OF STEEL YIELD STRESS TENSILE
DESIGNATION
(FY) MPA STRENGTH (Fu)
MPA

A36 Carbon 248 400-551

A 592 Carbon 290 414-580

High Strength low

A 441 2/6 -345 414-484
alloy
High strength low
A 572 290-450 414-551
alloy
Atmospheric
corrosion resistant ,
A 242 290 – 345 435-484
High Strength low
alloy
Atmospheric
corrosion resistant ,
A 588 290-345 435*-484
High Strength low
alloy
Quenched and
A 582 Tempered low 484 662-690
alloy
TYPES OF STRUCTURAL STEEL

There are three groups of hot-rolled structural steels for use in buildings

1. Carbon steels – use carbon as the chief strengthening elements with minimum yield
stresses ranging from 220 Mpa – 290 Mpa . An increase carbon content raises yield stress
but reduce ductility, making welding more difficult.

2. High- strength low-alloy steels have yield stresses from 480- 840 Mpa in addition to
carbon and manganese , these steels contain one or more alloying elementssuch as
columbium , vanadium , chromium , silicon ,copper and nickel.

3.Atmospheric , corrosion-resistant high strength low alloy steels – are obtained by heat
treating low alloy steels, The heat treatment consist of quenching (rapid cooling )and
tempering (reheating).
 Weight in Weight in
Size
Kgs. Kgs.

in mm Per Feet Per Mtr.

100 x 50 2.432 7.979

125 x 70 4.023 13.199

150 x 75 4.571 14.997

175 x 85 5.943 19.499

200 x 100 7.893 25.897

250 x 125 11.612 38.099

300 x 140 14.782 48.500

350 x 140 16.125 52.906

400 x 140 19.080 62.601

450 x 150 22.280 22.280

500 x 180 26.730 87.700