ASTM A225 Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel Steel
Alloy Steels
Property Overview
Density7.8g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength620 to 830MPa
Yield Strength460 to 550MPa
Brinell Hardness190 to 250HB
Maximum Service Temperature400°C
Chemical Composition
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Elongation at Break
21 to 23 %
Fatigue Strength
330 to 390 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa
Shear Strength
390 to 520 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
620 to 830 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
460 to 550 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
190 to 250
Physical
Density
7.8 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
400 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1420 °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
18 to 24 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.3 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.4 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
120 to 170 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
580 to 820 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
22 to 29 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
21 to 25 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
2.3 % relative
Embodied Carbon
1.8 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
24 to 25 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
24 to 25 MJ/kg 10 to 11 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
48 L/kg
Embodied Water
48 L/kg 5.7 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
ASTM A225 Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel Steel
Standards
ASTM A225 ASTM A225: Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel
ASTM A225 ASTM A225: Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology, 2nd ed., Carl T. F. Ross, 2011 Manufacture and Uses of Alloy Steels, Henry D. Hibbard, 2005