EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC)

EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC) introduction

Cold-rolled narrow strip made of the mild steel C40E will be delivered in thicknesses up to 6 mm for quenching and tempering in following conditions:
- soft annealed or soft annealed and little rerolled (+A or +LC),
- cold rolled (+CR).
The delivery condition annealed to globular carbides (+AC) can be agreed.

Equivalent material: GB 40, GB U20402, ISO CS40, ASTM A684 Grade 1040, UNS G10400, DIN Ck40, DIN 1.1186, DIN C40E, AFNOR C40E, AFNOR 9160C021, AFNOR 9160/C23, AFNOR XC38, AFNOR XC42H1, BS C40E, BS 40CS, BS 40HS, BS En8, BS 080M40, BS CS40, UNI C40, AISI 1040, SAE 1040, JIS S40C, JIS 37H, JIS 50, JIS 30H, JIS 40NH, JIS 50NH, EN 1.1186, ISO C40E, ISO C40E4, ISO CE40E4, ISO S40C, GOST 40, GB/T 40, GB/T U20402, GB/T ML40

EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC) general

Property Temperature Value
Density 20.0 °C Density of 7.82 - 7.85 g/cm³

EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC) thermal

Property Temperature Value Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion -100.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.08E-5 1/K -
- 20.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.19E-5 1/K -
- 100.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.11E-5 - 1.25E-5 1/K -
- 200.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.21E-5 - 1.3E-5 1/K -
- 300.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.29E-5 - 1.36E-5 1/K -
- 400.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.35E-5 - 1.41E-5 1/K -
- 500.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.45E-5 1/K -
- 600.0 °C Coefficient of thermal expansion of 1.49E-5 1/K -
Max service temperature - Max service temperature of 500 °C Typical for Carbon Steel
Melting point - Melting point of 1380 - 1514 °C Typical for Medium Carbon Steel
Specific heat capacity -100.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 423 J/(kg·K) -
- 20.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 461 - 480 J/(kg·K) -
- 100.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 479 - 500 J/(kg·K) -
- 200.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 499 - 550 J/(kg·K) -
- 300.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 517 - 590 J/(kg·K) -
- 400.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 536 J/(kg·K) -
- 500.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 558 J/(kg·K) -
- 600.0 °C Specific heat capacity of 587 J/(kg·K) -
Thermal conductivity 20.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 48 - 52 W/(m·K) -
- 100.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 48.9 - 50.6 W/(m·K) -
- 200.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 47.5 - 48.1 W/(m·K) -
- 300.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 44.7 - 45.7 W/(m·K) -
- 400.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 41.6 W/(m·K) -
- 500.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 38.6 W/(m·K) -
- 600.0 °C Thermal conductivity of 35.5 W/(m·K) -
Thermal diffusivity 20.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 13.3 mm²/s -
- 100.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 12.6 mm²/s -
- 200.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 11.5 mm²/s -
- 300.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 10.2 mm²/s -
- 400.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 8.9 mm²/s -
- 500.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 7.5 mm²/s -
- 600.0 °C Thermal diffusivity of 6 mm²/s -

EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC) chemical

Property Value
Carbon Carbon of 0.37 - 0.44 %
Chromium Chromium of 0.4 %
Manganese Manganese of 0.5 - 0.8 %
Molybdenum Molybdenum of 0.1 %
Nickel Nickel of 0.4 %
Phosphorus Phosphorus of 0.04 %
Silicon Silicon of 0.4 %
Sulfur Sulfur of 0.035 %

EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC) electrical

Property Temperature Value
Electrical resistivity 20.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 1.2E-7 - 2.17E-7 Ω·m
- 100.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 2.62E-7 Ω·m
- 200.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 3.32E-7 Ω·m
- 300.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 4.2E-7 Ω·m
- 400.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 5.23E-7 Ω·m
- 500.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 6.41E-7 Ω·m
- 600.0 °C Electrical resistivity of 7.8E-7 Ω·m

EN 10132-3 Grade C40E soft annealed or soft annealed and skin passed (+A or +A+LC) mechanical

Property Temperature Value Comment
Elastic modulus -100.0 °C Elastic modulus of 217 GPa -
- 20.0 °C Elastic modulus of 210 - 212 GPa -
- 100.0 °C Elastic modulus of 205 - 207 GPa -
- 200.0 °C Elastic modulus of 195 - 199 GPa -
- 300.0 °C Elastic modulus of 185 - 192 GPa -
- 400.0 °C Elastic modulus of 175 - 184 GPa -
- 500.0 °C Elastic modulus of 175 GPa -
- 600.0 °C Elastic modulus of 164 GPa -
Elongation A80 20.0 °C Elongation A80 of 18 % -
Hardness, Rockwell B 20.0 °C Hardness, Rockwell B of 87 [-] -
Hardness, Vickers 20.0 °C Hardness, Vickers of 170 [-] -
Poisson's ratio 23.0 °C Poisson's ratio of 0.29 [-] Typical for Medium Carbon Steel
Shear modulus 20.0 °C Shear modulus of 81 GPa -
Tensile strength 20.0 °C Tensile strength of 550 MPa -
Yield strength Rp0.2 20.0 °C Yield strength Rp0.2 of 440 MPa -

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