EN 1.0546 (S355NL) Non-Alloy Steel
EN 1.0546 steel is a carbon (non-alloy) steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the normalized condition. 1.0546 is the EN numeric designation for this material. S355NL is the EN chemical designation.
It has a very high base cost among wrought carbon or non-alloy steels. In addition, it has a very low thermal conductivity and a fairly high embodied energy.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.0546 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
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 27 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
24 %
Fatigue Strength
260 MPa 38 x 103 psi
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy
49 J 36 ft-lb
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Shear Modulus
73 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
350 MPa 51 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
550 MPa 80 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
360 MPa 53 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
400 °C 750 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C 2660 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1420 °C 2580 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
45 W/m-K 26 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.5 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.6 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
2.5 % relative
Density
7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
1.7 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
23 MJ/kg 9.7 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
50 L/kg 6.0 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
110 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
350 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
19 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
19 points
Thermal Diffusivity
12 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
17 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 95.5 to 99.15 | |
| Mn | 0.85 to 1.8 | |
| Cu | 0 to 0.6 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.55 | |
| Ni | 0 to 0.55 | |
| Cr | 0 to 0.35 | |
| C | 0 to 0.2 | |
| V | 0 to 0.14 | |
| Mo | 0 to 0.13 | |
| Nb | 0 to 0.060 | |
| Ti | 0 to 0.060 | |
| P | 0 to 0.030 | |
| S | 0 to 0.025 | |
| N | 0 to 0.017 | |
| Al | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Similar Alloys
Further Reading
EN 10025-3: Hot rolled products of structural steels - Part 3: Technical delivery conditions for normalized rolled weldable fine grain structural steels
Welding Metallurgy, 2nd ed., Sindo Kou, 2003
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