ASTM A210 Medium-Carbon Steel
Carbon & Non-Alloy Steels
Property Overview
Density7.9g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength470 to 540MPa
Yield Strength290 to 310MPa
Brinell Hardness140 to 160HB
Maximum Service Temperature400°C
Chemical Composition
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Elongation at Break
34 %
Fatigue Strength
230 to 250 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa
Shear Strength
320 to 360 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
470 to 540 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
290 to 310 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
140 to 160
Physical
Density
7.9 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
400 °C
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 to 1470 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1420 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
52 to 53 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
14 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
15 to 17 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.0 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.0 to 8.1 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
140 to 160 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
230 to 250 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
17 to 19 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
17 to 19 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
1.8 % relative
Embodied Carbon
1.4 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
18 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
18 MJ/kg 7.8 to 7.9 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
45 to 46 L/kg
Embodied Water
45 to 46 L/kg 5.4 to 5.5 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
ASTM A210 Medium-Carbon Steel
Standards
ASTM A210 ASTM A210: Standard Specification for Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
ASTM A210 ASTM A210: Standard Specification for Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology, 2nd ed., Carl T. F. Ross, 2011