A36 STEEL
A36 STEEL
ASTM A36 is the most commonly used mild and hot-rolled steel. It has excellent welding properties and is suitable for grinding, punching, tapping, drilling and machining processes. Yield strength of ASTM A36 is less than that of cold roll C1018, thus enabling ASTM A36 to bend more readily than C1018. Normally, larger diameters in ASTM A36 are not produced since C1018 hot roll rounds are used.
We manufacture rounds, flats, hexagons, squares, bright bars, etc of A36 steel.
Sizes we offer in A36 steel bars are
- Rounds – 20mm to 80mm
- Bright Bars – 18mm to 63.5mm
- Flats – 50 mm x 8mm to 150mm x 25mm
- Squares – 22mm to 75mm
- RCS – 55mm, 63mm, 75mm
- Hexagons – 23.5mm to 38mm
Applications
ASTM A36 steel has the following applications:
- It is used in bolted, riveted or welded construction of bridges, buildings and oil rigs.
- It is used in forming tanks, bins, bearing plates, fixtures, rings, templates, jigs, sprockets, cams, gears, base plates, forgings, ornamental works, stakes, brackets, automotive and agricultural equipment, frames, machinery parts.
Machining
The machinability rate of ASTM A36 is estimated to be 72%, and the average surface cutting feed of ASTM A36 is 120 ft/min. Machining of ASTM A36 steel is not as easy as that of AISI 1018 steel.
Welding
ASTM A36 steel is easy to weld using any type of welding methods, and the welds and joints so formed are of excellent quality.
Heat Treatment
Any standard carburizing and hardening methods of AISI 1018 steel is suitable for ASTM A36.
ASTM A36 is subjected to the following processes
- Normalizing at 899oC – 954oC
- Annealing at 843oC – 871oC
- Stress relieving at 677oC – 927o
- Carburizing at 899oC – 927oC
- Hardening at 788oC – 816oC
Typical Chemical Compositon for Bars is as follows depending on size
- C% – 0.26% max
- Mn% – 0.6 to 0.9
- P% – 0.04 max
- S% – 0.05 max
| Mechanical Properties | Metric |
|---|---|
| Tensile Strength, Ultimate | 400 – 550 MPa |
| Tensile Strength, Yield | 250 MPa |
| Elongation at Break (in 200 mm) | 20.0 % |
| Elongation at Break (in 50 mm) | 23.0 % |
| Modulus of Elasticity | 200 GPa |
| Bulk Modulus (typical for steel) | 140 GPa |
| Poissons Ratio | 0.260 |
Shear Modulus | 79.3 GPa |
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