Common Material Properties
Staff posted on October 23, 2006 |
Common Material Properties
  Ultimate Strength   Yield Strength3          
Material                    
Steel:                    
Structural 7860 400 ... ... 260 145 200 79 11.7 23
High-strength-low-allow 7860 480 ... ... 350 210 200 79 11.7 21
Quenched and
tempered alloy
7860 825 ... ... 700 380 200 79 11.7 18
Stainless
Cold-rolled 7920 860 ... ... 500 ... 190 73 17.3 12
Annealed 7920 620 ... ... 275 152 190 73 17.3 50
                     
Cast Iron:                    
Gray, 4.5% C, ASTM A 48 7200 170 650 240 ... ... 70 28 12.1 0.5
Malleable 7300 340 620 330 230 ... 165 64 12.1 10
                     
Aluminum:                    
Alloy 1100-H14 (99% Al) 2710 110 ... 70 95 55 70 26 23.6 20
Alloy 2014-T6 (4.4% Cu) 2800 480 ... 290 410 220 72 27 23.0 13
Alloy 6061-T6 (1% Mg) 2710 290 ... 185 255 140 69 26 23.6 17
                     
Yellow Brass
(65% Cu, 35% Zn):
                   
Cold-rolled 8470 540 ... 300 435 250 105 39 20 8
Annealed 8470 330 ... 220 105 65 105 39 20 62
                     
Phosphor Bronze:                    
Cold-rolled 8860 560 ... ... 520 275 110 41 17.8 10
Spring temper 8780 840 ... ... ... ... 110 ... 18.4 4
                     
Magnesium Alloy
(8.5% Al)
1800 380 ... 165 275 ... 45 ... 26 7
                     
Titanium Alloy
(6% Al, 4% V)
4460 900 ... ... 825 ... 114 ... 9.5 10
                     
Monel Alloy
400 (Ni-Cu)
                   
Cold-worked 8830 675 ... ... 580 345 180 ... 13.9 22
Annealed 8830 550 ... ... 220 125 180 ... 13.9 46
                     
Timber, air dry:4                    
Douglas fir 525 ... 50 7.5 ... ... 12.5 ... varies:
3.0 to 4.5
...
Eastern spruce 440 ... 37 6.9 ... ... 9 ...   ...
Southern pine 610 ... 50 9.2 ... ... 11 ...   ...
                     
Concrete:                    
Medium strength 2320 ... 28 ... ... ... 25 ... 10 ...
High strength 2320 ... 40 ... ... ... 30 ... 10 ...
Nylon, molded 1110 55 ... ... ... ... 2 ... 81 50
Polystyrene 1050 48 90 55 ... ... 3 ... 72 4
Rubber 910 14 ... ... ... ... ... ... 162 600
Neoprene 1250 24 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 500
Granite 2770 20 240 35 ... ... 70 ... 7 ...
Glass, 98% silica 2190 ... 50 ... ... ... 65 28 80 ...
1 Properties of metals vary widely as a result of variations in composition, heat treatment, and mechanical working.
2 For ductile metals the compression strength is generally assumed to be equal to the tension strength.
3 Offset of 0.2 percent
4 Timber properties are for loading parallel to the grain.

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