Overview of materials for Medium Carbon Steel

Categories: Metal; Ferrous Metal; Carbon Steel; Medium Carbon Steel

Material This property data is a summary of similar materials in the MatWeb database for the category "Medium Carbon Steel". Each property range of values reported
Notes: is minimum and maximum values of appropriate MatWeb entries. The comments report the average value, and number of data points used to calculate the
average. The values are not necessarily typical of any specific grade, especially less common values and those that can be most affected by additives or
processing methods.

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Physical Properties Metric English Comments
Density  7.75 - 7.89 g/cc 0.280 - 0.285 lb/in³ Average value: 7.85 g/cc Grade Count:947
Particle Size  6.70 - 12.0 µm 6.70 - 12.0 µm Average value: 9.27 µm Grade Count:12
 
Chemical Properties Metric English Comments
Critical Temperature  166 - 838 °C 331 - 1540 °F Average value: 600 °C Grade Count:8
 
Mechanical Properties Metric English Comments
Hardness, Brinell  126 - 578 126 - 578 Average value: 247 Grade Count:877
Hardness, Knoop  145 - 616 145 - 616 Average value: 276 Grade Count:911
Hardness, Rockwell B  71.0 - 112 71.0 - 112 Average value: 94.8 Grade Count:852
Hardness, Rockwell C  9.00 - 63.5 9.00 - 63.5 Average value: 25.8 Grade Count:768
Hardness, Vickers  131 - 614 131 - 614 Average value: 265 Grade Count:911
Tensile Strength, Ultimate  450 - 1970 MPa 65300 - 285000 psi Average value: 874 MPa Grade Count:874
Tensile Strength, Yield  245 - 1740 MPa 35500 - 252000 psi Average value: 689 MPa Grade Count:874
Elongation at Break  5.00 - 34.2 % 5.00 - 34.2 % Average value: 19.0 % Grade Count:872
Reduction of Area  20.0 - 71.4 % 20.0 - 71.4 % Average value: 50.7 % Grade Count:532
Modulus of Elasticity  187 - 213 GPa 27100 - 30900 ksi Average value: 203 GPa Grade Count:937
Bulk Modulus  140 GPa 20300 ksi Average value: 140 GPa Grade Count:922
Poissons Ratio  0.280 - 0.300 0.280 - 0.300 Average value: 0.290 Grade Count:922
Charpy Impact  10.8 - 65.0 J 8.00 - 47.9 ft-lb Average value: 31.7 J Grade Count:8
Izod Impact  9.00 - 135 J 6.64 - 99.6 ft-lb Average value: 51.3 J Grade Count:290
Fatigue Strength  138 - 614 MPa 20000 - 89100 psi Average value: 370 MPa Grade Count:13
Fracture Toughness  80.9 - 143 MPa-m½ 73.7 - 130 ksi-in½ Average value: 120 MPa-m½ Grade Count:4
Machinability  40.0 - 80.0 % 40.0 - 80.0 % Average value: 60.3 % Grade Count:667
Shear Modulus  72.0 - 82.0 GPa 10400 - 11900 ksi Average value: 80.0 GPa Grade Count:929
 
Electrical Properties Metric English Comments
Electrical Resistivity  0.0000162 - 0.0000263 ohm-cm 0.0000162 - 0.0000263 ohm-cm Average value: 0.0000209 ohm-cm Grade Count:916
 
Thermal Properties Metric English Comments
CTE, linear  10.4 - 15.1 µm/m-°C 5.78 - 8.39 µin/in-°F Average value: 12.9 µm/m-°C Grade Count:592
Specific Heat Capacity  0.452 - 0.519 J/g-°C 0.108 - 0.124 BTU/lb-°F Average value: 0.477 J/g-°C Grade Count:849
Thermal Conductivity  21.9 - 51.9 W/m-K 152 - 360 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F Average value: 47.6 W/m-K Grade Count:925
 
Component Elements Properties Metric English Comments
Aluminum, Al  0.0200 - 1.15 % 0.0200 - 1.15 % Average value: 0.324 % Grade Count:4
Boron, B  0.000500 - 0.00300 % 0.000500 - 0.00300 % Average value: 0.00175 % Grade Count:52
Carbon, C  0.100 - 1.29 % 0.100 - 1.29 % Average value: 0.416 % Grade Count:994
Chromium, Cr  0.130 - 4.50 % 0.130 - 4.50 % Average value: 0.811 % Grade Count:631
Cobalt, Co  4.50 - 8.00 % 4.50 - 8.00 % Average value: 6.60 % Grade Count:5
Copper, Cu  0.200 - 0.500 % 0.200 - 0.500 % Average value: 0.300 % Grade Count:9
Iron, Fe  78.7 - 100 % 78.7 - 100 % Average value: 97.4 % Grade Count:991
Manganese, Mn  0.100 - 3.00 % 0.100 - 3.00 % Average value: 0.933 % Grade Count:991
Molybdenum, Mo  0.0300 - 4.25 % 0.0300 - 4.25 % Average value: 0.262 % Grade Count:513
Nickel, Ni  0.150 - 10.0 % 0.150 - 10.0 % Average value: 1.07 % Grade Count:332
Phosphorous, P  0.00800 - 0.200 % 0.00800 - 0.200 % Average value: 0.0359 % Grade Count:961
Silicon, Si  0.0500 - 2.20 % 0.0500 - 2.20 % Average value: 0.288 % Grade Count:693
Sulfur, S  0.00200 - 0.330 % 0.00200 - 0.330 % Average value: 0.0555 % Grade Count:964
Vanadium, V  0.0300 - 1.00 % 0.0300 - 1.00 % Average value: 0.177 % Grade Count:55

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