Hardened A10 Tool Steel
Tool Steels
Property Overview
Density7.8g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength2040MPa
Yield StrengthUnknown
Brinell HardnessUnknown
Maximum Service TemperatureUnknown
Chemical Composition
C
1.3 to 1.5%
NI
1.6 to 2.1%
MO
1.3 to 1.8%
MN
1.6 to 2.1%
SI
1.0 to 1.5%
P
0 to 0.030%
S
0 to 0.030%
CU
0 to 0.25%
FE
90.8 to 93.4%
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
72 GPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
2040 MPa
Hardness
Rockwell C Hardness
63
Physical
Density
7.8 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
270 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1440 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1400 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
40 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
11 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
68 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.8 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
9.0 % IACS
Calculated
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
5.1
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
73 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
46 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
5.0 % relative
Embodied Carbon
2.1 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
27 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
27 MJ/kg 12 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
56 L/kg
Embodied Water
56 L/kg 6.7 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
Hardened A10 Tool Steel
Standards
ASTM A681 ASTM A681: Standard Specification for Tool Steels Alloy
ASTM A681 ASTM A681: Standard Specification for Tool Steels Alloy Tool Steels, 5th ed., George Roberts et al., 1998 Tool Steels: Properties and Performance, Rafael A. Mesquita (editor), 2016