Annealed F2 Tool Steel
Tool Steels
Property Overview
Density8.1g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength710MPa
Yield Strength430MPa
Brinell Hardness210HB
Maximum Service TemperatureUnknown
Chemical Composition
C
1.2 to 1.4%
CR
0.2 to 0.4%
MN
0.1 to 0.5%
SI
0.1 to 0.5%
P
0 to 0.030%
S
0 to 0.030%
W
3.0 to 4.5%
FE
92.6 to 95.4%
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Elongation at Break
15 %
Fatigue Strength
280 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa
Shear Strength
430 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
710 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
430 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
210
Physical
Density
8.1 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1520 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1470 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
460 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
42 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
11 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
13 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
21 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.7 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.5 % IACS
Calculated
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
6.5
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
90 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
500 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
24 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
22 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
10 % relative
Embodied Carbon
2.3 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
32 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
32 MJ/kg 14 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
50 L/kg
Embodied Water
50 L/kg 6.0 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
Annealed F2 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