Overview of materials for Water-Hardening Steel

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Overview of materials for Water-Hardening Steel
Categories:	Metal; Ferrous Metal; Tool Steel; Water-Hardening Steel
Material Notes:	This property data is a summary of similar materials in the MatWeb database for the category "Water-Hardening 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	7.80 - 7.83 g/cc	0.282 - 0.283 lb/in³	Average value: 7.83 g/cc Grade Count:21

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Brinell	190 - 575	190 - 575	Average value: 268 Grade Count:14
Hardness, Rockwell C	50.0 - 65.0	50.0 - 65.0	Average value: 56.0 Grade Count:3
Hardness, Vickers	210 - 619	210 - 619	Average value: 418 Grade Count:4
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	750 - 1800 MPa	109000 - 261000 psi	Average value: 1380 MPa Grade Count:5
Tensile Strength, Yield	1030 - 1630 MPa	149000 - 236000 psi	Average value: 1310 MPa Grade Count:4
Elongation at Break	3.50 - 25.0 %	3.50 - 25.0 %	Average value: 11.7 % Grade Count:5
Modulus of Elasticity	205 GPa	29700 ksi	Average value: 205 GPa Grade Count:20
Bulk Modulus	160 GPa	23200 ksi	Average value: 160 GPa Grade Count:6
Poissons Ratio	0.280	0.280	Average value: 0.280 Grade Count:20
Machinability	40.0 %	40.0 %	Average value: 40.0 % Grade Count:6
Shear Modulus	80.0 GPa	11600 ksi	Average value: 80.0 GPa Grade Count:20

Electrical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Electrical Resistivity	0.0000300 ohm-cm	0.0000300 ohm-cm	Average value: 0.0000300 ohm-cm Grade Count:20

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	10.4 - 13.8 µm/m-°C	5.78 - 7.67 µin/in-°F	Average value: 12.1 µm/m-°C Grade Count:20
Specific Heat Capacity	0.461 J/g-°C	0.110 BTU/lb-°F	Average value: 0.461 J/g-°C Grade Count:20
Thermal Conductivity	48.0 W/m-K	333 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Average value: 48.0 W/m-K Grade Count:20

Processing Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Processing Temperature	175 - 845 °C	347 - 1550 °F	Average value: 531 °C Grade Count:20
Annealing Temperature	740 - 790 °C	1360 - 1450 °F	Average value: 766 °C Grade Count:20

Component Elements Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Carbon, C	0.600 - 1.50 %	0.600 - 1.50 %	Average value: 1.03 % Grade Count:22
Chromium, Cr	0.150 - 0.600 %	0.150 - 0.600 %	Average value: 0.265 % Grade Count:20
Copper, Cu	0.250 %	0.250 %	Average value: 0.250 % Grade Count:14
Iron, Fe	96.3 - 99.3 %	96.3 - 99.3 %	Average value: 98.1 % Grade Count:21
Manganese, Mn	0.100 - 0.500 %	0.100 - 0.500 %	Average value: 0.425 % Grade Count:20
Molybdenum, Mo	0.100 %	0.100 %	Average value: 0.100 % Grade Count:3
Nickel, Ni	0.250 %	0.250 %	Average value: 0.250 % Grade Count:14
Phosphorus, P	0.0250 - 0.0300 %	0.0250 - 0.0300 %	Average value: 0.0295 % Grade Count:20
Silicon, Si	0.100 - 0.400 %	0.100 - 0.400 %	Average value: 0.310 % Grade Count:20
Sulfur, S	0.0250 - 0.0300 %	0.0250 - 0.0300 %	Average value: 0.0295 % Grade Count:20
Tungsten, W	0.150 %	0.150 %	Average value: 0.150 % Grade Count:3
Vanadium, V	0.100 - 0.500 %	0.100 - 0.500 %	Average value: 0.211 % Grade Count:9

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