Annealed P6 Tool Steel
Tool Steels
Property Overview
Density7.9g/cm³
Elastic Modulus190GPa
Tensile Strength630MPa
Yield Strength380MPa
Brinell Hardness190HB
Maximum Service TemperatureUnknown
Chemical Composition
C
0.050 to 0.15%
CR
1.3 to 1.8%
NI
3.3 to 3.8%
MN
0.35 to 0.7%
SI
0.1 to 0.4%
P
0 to 0.030%
S
0 to 0.030%
CU
0 to 0.25%
FE
92.9 to 95%
Mechanical
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa
Elongation at Break
18 %
Fatigue Strength
260 MPa
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa
Shear Strength
390 MPa
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
630 MPa
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
380 MPa
Hardness
Brinell Hardness
190
Physical
Density
7.9 g/cm 3
Thermal
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1420 °C
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K
Thermal Conductivity
43 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
11 mm 2 /s
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Thermal Shock Resistance
21 points
Electrical
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.9 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
9.0 % IACS
Calculated
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
100 MJ/m 3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
390 kJ/m 3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
22 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
21 points
Environmental
Base Metal Price
4.6 % relative
Embodied Carbon
1.8 kg CO 2 /kg material
Embodied Energy
24 MJ/kg
Embodied Energy
24 MJ/kg 10 x 10 3 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
59 L/kg
Embodied Water
59 L/kg 7.1 gal/lb
Registered Designations & Aliases
Annealed P6 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