Metal Mechanical Properties Chart: Shear Strength, Tensile Strength, Yield Strength

Recently we’ve been getting a lot of inquiries from readers about mechanical property tables for various metals, such as the shear strength, tensile strength, yield strength and elongation of steel, etc.

To meet the needs of our readers, we have compiled the following mechanical properties tables listing various ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Hope that helps!

Table of mechanical properties of ferrous materials

Material	Grade	Material Status	Shear Strength τ(MPa)	Tensile Strength σb(MPa)	Elongation σs(%)	Yield Strength δ(MPa)	Elastic Modulus Е(MPa)
Industrial pure iron for electricians C>0.025	DT1 DT2 DT3	annealed	180	230	26
Electrical Silicon Steel	D11、D12 D21、D31 D32、D370 D310~340 S41~48	annealed	190	230	26
Ordinary carbon steel	Q195	unannealed	260~320	315~390	28~33	195
	Q215		270~340	335~410	26~31	215
	Q235		310~380	375~460	21~26	235
	Q255		340~420	410~510	19~24	255
	Q275		400~500	490~610	15~20	275
Carbon tool steel	08F	annealed	220~310	280~390	32	180
	10F		260~360	330~450	32	200	190000
	15F		220~340	280~420	30	190
	08		260~340	300~440	29	210	198000
	10		250~370	320~460	28	—
	15		270~380	340~480	26	280	202000
	20		280~400	360~510	35	250	21000
	25		320~440	400~550	34	280	202000
	30		360~480	450~600	22	300	201000
	35		400~520	500~650	20	320	201000
	40		420~540	520~670	18	340	213500
	45		440~560	550~700	16	360	204000
	50	normalized	440~580	550~730	14	380	220000
	55		550	≥670	43	390	—
	60		550	≥700	12	410	208000
	65		600	≥730	10	420	—
	70		600	≥760	9	430	210000
	T7~T12 T7A~T12A	annealed	600	750	10	—	—
	T8A	cold hardened	600~950	750~1200	—	—	—
High-quality carbon steel	10Mn	annealed	320~460	400~580	22	230	211000
	65Mn		600	750	12	400	21000
Alloy structural steel	25CrMnSiA 25CrMnSi	low-temperature annealed	400~560	500~700	18	950	—
	30CrMnSiA 30CrMnSi		440~6000	550~750	16	1450 850	—
Quality spring steel	60Si2Mn 60Si2MnA 65SiWA	low-temperature annealed	720	900	10	1200	200000
		cold hardened	640~960	800~1200	10	1400 1600	—
Stainless steel	1Cr13	annealed	320~380	400~470	21	420	210000
	2Cr13		320~400	400~500	20	450	210000
	3Cr13		400~480	500~600	18	480	210000
	4Cr13		400~480	500~600	15	500	210000
	1Cr18Ni19 2Cr18Ni19	heat-treated	460~520	580~640	35	200	200000
		rolled, cold-hardened	800~880	1000~1100	38	220	200000
	1Cr18Ni9Ti	Heat-treated softened	430~550	540~700	40	200	200000

Shear strength table of steel when heated

Steel Grade	Heating temperature ℃
	200	500	600	700	800	900
Q195, Q215, 08, 15	360	320	200	110	60	30
Q235, Q255, 20, 25	450	450	240	130	90	60
Q275, 30, 35	530	520	330	160	90	70
40, 45, 50	600	580	380	190	90	70

Note: The value of the shear strength of the material should be taken at the stamping temperature, which is usually 150~200℃ lower than the heating temperature.

Table of mechanical properties of non-ferrous metals

Material	Grade	Material Status	Shear Strength τ(MPa)	Tensile Strength σb(MPa)	Elongation σs (%)	Yield Strength δ (MPa)	Elastic Modulus Е (MPa)
Aluminum	1070A,1050A　1200	Annealed	80	75～110	25	50～80	72000
		Cold hardened	100	120～150	4	120～240
Aluminum manganese alloys	3A21	Annealed	70～100	110～145	19	50	71000
		Semi-cold hardened	100～140	155～200	13	130
Aluminum-magnesium alloy Aluminum-magnesium-copper alloy	SA02	Annealed	130～160	180～230	—	100	70000
		Semi-cold hardened	160～200	230～280		210
High strength aluminum-magnesium-copper alloy	7A04	Annealed	170	250	—	—	—
		Hardened and artificially aged	350	500		460	70000
Magnesium-manganese alloy	MB1 MB8	Annealed	120～140	170～190	3～5	98	43600
		Annealed	170～190	220～230	12～24	140	40000
		Cold hardened	190～200	240～250	8～10	160
Rigid aluminum	2Al12	Annealed	105～150	150～215	12	—	—
		Hardened with natural aging	280～310	400～440	15	368	72000
		Cold hardened after hardening	280～320	400～460	10	340
Pure copper	T1、T2、T3	Soft	160	200	30	70	108000
		Hard	240	300	3	380	130000
Brass	H62	Soft	260	300	35	380	100000
		Semi-hard	300	380	20	200	—
		Hard	420	420	10	480	—
Brass	H68	Soft	240	300	40	100	110000
		Semi-hard	280	350	25	—
		Hard	400	400	15	250	115000
Lead brass	HPb59-1	Soft	300	350	25	142	93000
		Hard	400	450	5	420	105000
Manganese brass	HMn58-2	Soft	340	390	25	170	100000
		Semi-hard	400	450	15	—
		Hard	520	600	5
Tin-phosphorus bronze Tin-Zinc-Bronze	QSn4-4-2.5 QSn4-3	Soft	260	300	38	140	100000
		Hard	480	550	3～5
		Extra-hard	500	650	1～2	546	124000
Aluminum bronze	QAl17	Annealed	520	600	10	186	—
		Un-annealed	560	650	5	250	115000～130000
Aluminum manganese bronze	QAl9-2	Soft	360	450	18	300	92000
		Hard	480	600	5	500	—
Silicon-manganese bronze	QBi3-1	Soft	280～300	350～380	40～45	239	120000
		Hard	480～520	600～650	3～5	540	—
		Extra-hard	560～600	700～750	1～2	—	—
Beryllium bronze	QBe2	Soft	240～480	300～600	30	250～350	117000
		Hard	520	660	2	1280	132000～141000
Cupro-nickel	B19	Soft	240	300	25	—	—
		Hard	360	450	3
Nickel silver	BZn15-20	Soft	280	350	35	207	—
		Hard	400	550	1	486	126000～140000
		Extra-hard	520	650		—
Nickel	Ni-3～Ni-5	Soft	350	400	35	70	—
		Hard	470	550	2	210	210000～230000
German silver	BZn15-20	Soft	300	350	35	—	—
		Hard	480	550	1
		Extra-hard	560	650	1
Zinc	Zn-3～Zn-6	—	120～200	140～230	40	75	80000～130000
Lead	Pb-3～Pb-6	—	20～30	25～40	40～50	5～10	15000～17000
Tin	Sn1～Sn4	—	30～40	40～50	—	12	41500～55000
Titanium alloy	TA2	Annealed	360～480	450～600	25～30	—	—
	TA3		440～600	550～750	20～25
	TA5		640～680	800～850	15	800～900	104000
Magnesium alloy	MB1	Cold state	120～140	170～190	3～5	120	40000
	MB8		150～180	230～240	14～15	220	41000
	MB1	Preheat 300°C	30～50	30～50	50～52	—	40000
	MB8		50～70	50～70	58～62	—	41000
Silver	—	—	—	180	50	30	81000
Fungible alloy	Ni29Co18	—	400～500	500～600	—	—	—
Copper constantan	BMn40-1.5	Soft	—	400～600	—	—	—
		Hard	—	650	—	—	—
Tungsten	—	Annealed	—	720	0	700	312000
		Un-annealed	—	1491	1～4	800	380000
Molybdenum	—	Annealed	20～30	1400	20～25	385	280000
		Un-annealed	32～34	1600	2～5	595	300000