Annealed D3 Tool Steel
Annealed SAE-AISI D3 is SAE-AISI D3 steel in the annealed condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare annealed SAE-AISI D3 to: tool steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
15 %
Fatigue Strength
310 MPa 45 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness
99
Shear Modulus
74 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
470 MPa 68 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
770 MPa 110 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
480 MPa 70 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
270 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1430 °C 2600 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1390 °C 2530 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
31 W/m-K 18 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
3.0 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
3.5 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
8.0 % relative
Density
7.7 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
3.2 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
48 MJ/kg 21 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
100 L/kg 12 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
97 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
600 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
28 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
24 points
Thermal Diffusivity
8.3 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
23 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 80.3 to 87 | |
| Cr | 11 to 13.5 | |
| C | 2.0 to 2.4 | |
| W | 0 to 1.0 | |
| V | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Mn | 0 to 0.6 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.6 | |
| Ni | 0 to 0.3 | |
| Cu | 0 to 0.25 | |
| P | 0 to 0.030 | |
| S | 0 to 0.030 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
SAE J437: Selection and Heat Treatment of Tool and Die Steels
ASTM A681: Standard Specification for Tool Steels Alloy
Tool Steels, 5th ed., George Roberts et al., 1998
Tool Steels: Properties and Performance, Rafael A. Mesquita (editor), 2016
ASM Specialty Handbook: Carbon and Alloy Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1996