ASTM A202 Cr-Mn-Si Steel
Alloy Steels
Property Overview
Density7.8g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength590 to 670MPa
Yield Strength350 to 360MPa
Brinell Hardness180 to 200HB
Maximum Service Temperature410°C
Chemical Composition
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Elongation at Break
17 to 18 %
Fatigue Strength
240 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa
Shear Strength
360 to 410 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
590 to 670 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
350 to 360 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
180 to 200
Physical
Density
7.8 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
260 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
410 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1450 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1410 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
52 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
14 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
13 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
17 to 20 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.3 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.4 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
93 to 96 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
330 to 350 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
21 to 24 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
20 to 22 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
2.1 % relative
Embodied Carbon
1.4 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
19 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
19 MJ/kg 8.2 to 8.3 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
49 L/kg
Embodied Water
49 L/kg 5.8 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
ASTM A202 Cr-Mn-Si Steel
Standards
ASTM A202 ASTM A202: Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Manganese-Silicon
ASTM A202 ASTM A202: Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Manganese-Silicon Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology, 2nd ed., Carl T. F. Ross, 2011 Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys, ASM Handbook vol. 1, ASM International, 1993 Manufacture and Uses of Alloy Steels, Henry D. Hibbard, 2005