VAN QN (80) is a dual-phase steel with an equivalent yield strength of 80,000 psi and an exceptional combination of strength, formability, weldability, toughness and fatigue resistance. A dual-phase steel is one whose microstructure primarily consists of a mixture of ferrite and martensite or lower bainite. The high work-hardneing rate of VAN QN (80) permits the development of high strengths in formed parts in combination with excellent formability. Great weight savings have been achieved by its use for a number of automotive parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-373. Producer or source: Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

AISI 1548 is a medium-carbon steel with a relatively high manganese content (1.10-1.40%). It can be used in a wide range of applications in the hot-rolled, normalized, annealed, cold-worked or liquid-quenched-and-tempered condition. It combines good machinability, with good workability. Among its many uses are automotive parts, farm machinery, shafts, hand tools and springs. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CS-89. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

ALUMINUM 518.0 is an aluminum die-casting alloy with an excellent combination of high strength and resistance to corrosion. It also has high ductility, good polishing characteristics, poor castability (it is hot short) and excellent machinability. Its uses include marine fittings, ornamental hardware, outboard motor brackets and ornamental automotive parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as casting, forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Al-242. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies.

Aluminum A380.0 is an aluminum-silicon-copper type of aluminum die-casting alloy. It has fairly good machinability and good castability. It has good strength and fair ductility. Typical uses for A380.0 include floor polishers, vacuum cleaners, automotive parts and electrical components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Al-268. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies.

Kaiser Aluminum alloy 6262 (Tennalum alloy 6262) is an Al-Mg-Si-Cu-Cr-Pb-Bi alloy with characteristic good machinability and corrosion resistance and a good acceptance of coatings (anodize response). It is typically used in automotive parts, fittings, building hardware, and valve components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: AL-361. Producer or source: Tennalum, A Division of Kaiser Aluminum.

CARPENTER AMS 5700 is an austenitic chromium-nickel-tungsten valve steel which offers good high-temperature properties and resistance to corrosion in exhaust valves. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: SS-313. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

CP-W 800, 900, 1000 are part of a family of complex-phase steels, CP-W and CP-K, that offer very high strengths and yield points. They are particularly suitable for weight-saving production of cold-formed, crash-relevant automotive components such as side impact intrusion beams, B-pillar reinforcements,profiles, cross members, body reinforcements, bumper bars, and chassis parts. This datasheet provides information on composition and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: SA-816. Producer or source: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG.

ARMCO GAINEX Steels comprise a family of five low-cost structural carbon steels. This family includes: GAINEX-35, GAINEX-40, GAINEX-45, GAINEX-50 and GAINEX SA (Strain ageable); the numbers following GAINEX refer to minimum specified (ordered) yield strengths in 1000 psi. These steels are well suited to the automotive, farm and construction equipment, and appliance industries for such applications as truck bodies, light poles, bumper support members and parts for agricultural implements. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CS-69. Producer or source: Armco Inc., Eastern Steel Division.

ARMCO FORMABLE 70 HR is a hot-rolled steel with excellent ductility, weldability and edge-tear resistance at a minimum yield strength of 70,000 psi (483 MPa). For this relatively high strength level, it has unusually good fabricating properties that are the result of closely controlled processing of a fully killed, low-carbon, vacuum-degassed, columbium-alloyed steel. This special composition and processing practice minimize harmful nonmetallic inclusions that hamper formability. Typical applications include automotive reinforcements, truck parts and construction components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-359. Producer or source: Armco Inc., Eastern Steel Division.

Type HN is an iron-chromium-nickel alloy containing sufficient chromium for good high-temperature corrosion resistance and with nickel content in excess of the chromium. This alloy has properties somewhat similar to the more widely used ACI Type HT alloy but with better ductility. Type HN is used for highly stressed components in the 1800-2000 F temperature range. It is used in the aircraft, automotive, petroleum, petrochemical and power industries for a wide range of components and parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-410. Producer or source: Various stainless steel casting companies.

AISI 4032 is a molybdenum alloy steel of moderate hardenability. It is used extensively in the automotive industry. This steel combines moderate strength and hardness with good ductility and toughness in the quenched-and-tempered condition because it is relatively free from temper embrittlement when tempered in the range 850-1100 F. Among its many uses are nuts, bolts, studs, machinery parts and fasteners for the transportation and other industries. AISI 4032H is a similar steel except that it has a slightly wider range of carbon and manganese. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: SA-411. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

ALCOA 7021 ALLOY is offered for the automotive bumper and bumper reinforcement market in the O temper (annealed). This is a stable temper ready for forming by the customer, after which solution treatment and artificial aging develop desired properties in the formed part. Having strength comparable to many high-strength low-alloy steels, ALCOA 7021 ALLOY can give a 63% weight saving in the beam applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Al-271. Producer or source: Aluminum Company of America.

THIN-FIN is a high-strength, high-conductivity copper containing nominally O.1% cadmium. It is suitable for parts requiring forming and bending only. It possesses high resistance to softening during soldering and thus is a desirable alloy for cores of automotive radiators. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-237. Producer or source: Chase Brass & Copper Company Inc..

DUAL-TEN 500 (UTS 500 MPa, or 73 ksi) is a dual-phase steel for the automotive industry. Dual-phase steels are most commonly used in structural applications where they have replaced more conventional HSLA steels. They offer a great opportunity for part weight reduction. The improved formability, capacity to absorb crash energy, and ability to resist fatigue have driven this substitution. Applications include front and rear rails, crush cans, rocker reinforcements, pillar reinforcements, inner and outer cowl, back panels, cross members, bumpers, and door intrusion beams. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as deformation. It also includes information on forming and joining. Filing Code: SA-530. Producer or source: United States Steel.

DUAL-TEN 590 (UTS 590 MPa, or 86 ksi) is a dual-phase steel for the automotive industry. Dual-phase steels are most commonly used in structural applications where they have replaced more conventional HSLA steels. They offer a great opportunity for part weight reduction. The improved formability, capacity to absorb crash energy, and ability to resist fatigue has driven this substitution. Applications include front and rear rails, crush cans, rocker reinforcements, pillar reinforcements, cowl inner/outer, back panels, cross members, bumpers, and door intrusion beams. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, and tensile properties as well as fatigue. It also includes information on forming and joining. Filing Code: SA-532. Producer or source: United States Steel.

AK Steel 409 Ultra Form was created for applications needing oxidation or corrosion protection beyond the capability of carbon steel and some coated steels. AK Steel 409 Ultra Form is more formable than standard Type 409 stainless steel and is particularly suitable for parts requiring more complex shapes and improved weldability. Examples of applications include automotive exhaust tubing and stampings. This datasheet provides information on physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as deformation. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming and joining. Filing Code: SS-990. Producer or source: AK Steel, Butler Operations.

CP-W 660 is one of a family of omplex-phase steels, CP-W and CP-K, that offer very high strengths and yield points. They are particularly suitable for weight-saving production of cold-formed, crash-relevant automotive components such as side impact intrusion beams, B-pillar reinforcements,profiles, cross members, body reinforcements, bumper bars, and chassis parts. This datasheet provides information on composition and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: SA-841. Producer or source: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG.

CP-W 800 is one of a family of complex-phase steels, CP-W and CP-K, that offer very high strengths and yield points. They are particularly suitable for weight-saving production of cold-formed, crash-relevant automotive components such as side impact intrusion beams, B-pillar reinforcements,profiles, cross members, body reinforcements, bumper bars, and chassis parts. This datasheet provides information on composition and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: SA-843. Producer or source: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG.

CP-W 1000 is one of a family of omplex-phase steels, CP-W and CP-K, that offer very high strengths and yield points. They are particularly suitable for weight-saving production of cold-formed, crash-relevant automotive components such as side impact intrusion beams, B-pillar reinforcements,profiles, cross members, body reinforcements, bumper bars, and chassis parts. This datasheet provides information on composition and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and joining. Filing Code: SA-845. Producer or source: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG.

CP-K 570Y780T is one of a family of complex-phase steels, CP-W and CP-K, that offer very high strengths and yield points. They are particularly suitable for weight-saving production of cold-formed, crash-relevant automotive components such as side impact intrusion beams, B-pillar reinforcements,profiles, cross members, body reinforcements, bumper bars, and chassis parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: SA-848. Producer or source: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG.