Annealed M10 Tool Steel
Tool Steels
Property Overview
Density7.9g/cm³
Elastic Modulus200GPa
Tensile Strength740MPa
Yield StrengthUnknown
Brinell Hardness220HB
Maximum Service TemperatureUnknown
Chemical Composition
C
0.84 to 1.1%
CR
3.8 to 4.5%
NI
0 to 0.3%
MO
7.8 to 8.5%
MN
0.1 to 0.4%
SI
0.2 to 0.45%
P
0 to 0.030%
S
0 to 0.030%
CU
0 to 0.25%
V
1.8 to 2.2%
FE
82.3 to 85.6%
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
200 GPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
76 GPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
740 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
220
Physical
Density
7.9 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
270 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1520 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1470 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
460 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
31 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
8.5 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
23 points
Calculated
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
26 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
23 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
14 % relative
Embodied Carbon
8.3 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
120 MJ/kg 52 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
100 L/kg
Embodied Water
100 L/kg 12 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
Annealed M10 Tool Steel
Standards
ASTM A600 ASTM A600: Standard Specification for Tool Steel High Speed
ASTM A600 ASTM A600: Standard Specification for Tool Steel High Speed Tool Steels, 5th ed., George Roberts et al., 1998 Tool Steels: Properties and Performance, Rafael A. Mesquita (editor), 2016