EN 1.0050 (E295) Non-Alloy Steel
EN 1.0050 steel is a carbon (non-alloy) steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the hot worked condition. 1.0050 is the EN numeric designation for this material. E295 is the EN chemical designation.
It has a very low base cost among wrought carbon or non-alloy steels. In addition, it has a very low electrical conductivity and a fairly high thermal conductivity.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.0050 steel to: wrought carbon or non-alloy 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
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 27 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
18 %
Fatigue Strength
190 MPa 27 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
330 MPa 48 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
530 MPa 77 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
280 MPa 41 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
400 °C 750 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1470 °C 2680 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1430 °C 2600 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
53 W/m-K 30 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
6.8 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
7.8 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
1.7 % relative
Density
7.9 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
1.4 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
18 MJ/kg 7.7 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
45 L/kg 5.3 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
81 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
210 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
19 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
18 points
Thermal Diffusivity
14 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
17 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 99.876 to 100 | |
| P | 0 to 0.055 | |
| S | 0 to 0.055 | |
| N | 0 to 0.014 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Similar Alloys
Further Reading
EN 10025-2: Hot rolled products of structural steels - Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels
Carbon Steel Handbook, D. Gandy, 2007
Ferrous Materials: Steel and Cast Iron, Hans Berns and Werner Theisen, 2008
Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, 2nd ed., George Krauss, 2015