Overview of materials for Mold Steel

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Overview of materials for Mold Steel
Categories:	Metal; Ferrous Metal; Tool Steel; Mold Steel
Material Notes:	This property data is a summary of similar materials in the MatWeb database for the category "Mold Steel". Each property range of values reported 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	7.64 - 7.89 g/cc	0.276 - 0.285 lb/in³	Average value: 7.80 g/cc Grade Count:38

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Brinell	187 - 360	187 - 360	Average value: 299 Grade Count:20
Hardness, Rockwell C	22.0 - 63.0	22.0 - 63.0	Average value: 44.1 Grade Count:37
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	441 - 2000 MPa	64000 - 290000 psi	Average value: 1230 MPa Grade Count:30
Tensile Strength, Yield	689 - 2310 MPa	100000 - 335000 psi	Average value: 1070 MPa Grade Count:32
Elongation at Break	4.00 - 20.0 %	4.00 - 20.0 %	Average value: 12.0 % Grade Count:17
Elongation at Yield	8.00 - 17.0 %	8.00 - 17.0 %	Average value: 12.8 % Grade Count:8
Reduction of Area	6.00 - 55.0 %	6.00 - 55.0 %	Average value: 35.0 % Grade Count:11
Modulus of Elasticity	150 - 240 GPa	21700 - 34800 ksi	Average value: 206 GPa Grade Count:29
Compressive Yield Strength	862 - 3000 MPa	125000 - 435000 psi	Average value: 1870 MPa Grade Count:4
Machinability	55.0 - 70.0 %	55.0 - 70.0 %	Average value: 62.1 % Grade Count:6
Charpy Impact	7.59 - 125 J	5.60 - 92.2 ft-lb	Average value: 32.1 J Grade Count:14
Charpy Impact, Unnotched	19.0 - 32.0 J	14.0 - 23.6 ft-lb	Average value: 26.2 J Grade Count:3

Electrical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Electrical Resistivity	0.0000190 - 0.0000520 ohm-cm	0.0000190 - 0.0000520 ohm-cm	Average value: 0.0000360 ohm-cm Grade Count:3
Magnetic Coercive Force, H_c	-15.0 - 14.0 Oe	-15.0 - 14.0 Oe	Average value: 4.33 Oe Grade Count:3

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	10.2 - 14.5 µm/m-°C	5.67 - 8.06 µin/in-°F	Average value: 12.1 µm/m-°C Grade Count:22
Specific Heat Capacity	0.460 - 0.473 J/g-°C	0.110 - 0.113 BTU/lb-°F	Average value: 0.461 J/g-°C Grade Count:14
Thermal Conductivity	16.6 - 42.4 W/m-K	115 - 294 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Average value: 29.5 W/m-K Grade Count:27

Processing Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Processing Temperature	180 - 1050 °C	356 - 1920 °F	Average value: 760 °C Grade Count:4
Annealing Temperature	710 - 1050 °C	1310 - 1920 °F	Average value: 807 °C Grade Count:5

Component Elements Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Aluminum, Al	1.00 - 1.60 %	1.00 - 1.60 %	Average value: 1.19 % Grade Count:6
Carbon, C	0.0300 - 1.70 %	0.0300 - 1.70 %	Average value: 0.343 % Grade Count:44
Chromium, Cr	0.250 - 18.0 %	0.250 - 18.0 %	Average value: 6.69 % Grade Count:42
Copper, Cu	0.250 - 3.50 %	0.250 - 3.50 %	Average value: 1.06 % Grade Count:7
Iron, Fe	75.2 - 99.9 %	75.2 - 99.9 %	Average value: 90.5 % Grade Count:45
Manganese, Mn	0.200 - 2.00 %	0.200 - 2.00 %	Average value: 0.889 % Grade Count:38
Molybdenum, Mo	0.100 - 2.30 %	0.100 - 2.30 %	Average value: 0.776 % Grade Count:28
Nickel, Ni	0.350 - 9.20 %	0.350 - 9.20 %	Average value: 2.57 % Grade Count:15
Phosphorus, P	0.0120 - 0.0300 %	0.0120 - 0.0300 %	Average value: 0.0242 % Grade Count:11
Silicon, Si	0.100 - 1.50 %	0.100 - 1.50 %	Average value: 0.465 % Grade Count:36
Sulfur, S	0.00500 - 0.150 %	0.00500 - 0.150 %	Average value: 0.0542 % Grade Count:18
Vanadium, V	0.150 - 3.00 %	0.150 - 3.00 %	Average value: 0.618 % Grade Count:14

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