Materials & grades
Composition, properties and equivalent notations for widely used carbon, alloy, structural and stainless steels.
114 references →Resources
Steel reference
for technical buyers.
Reference pages on steel grades, cross-references, processes, finishes and designations, each with the name every standard uses. Product specifications and order documentation are listed below.
Technical reference
One page per specification, with the name each standard uses.
Each reference gives the designation used in each standard, the published limits behind it, and how close the equivalents are.
Cross-references
Side-by-side tables of equivalent grades and classes in US, UK, EU, Indian and Japanese standards.
4 references →Processes & heat treatment
How forging, annealing, normalizing, quenching and tempering, and thread rolling change steel properties.
5 references →Finishes & coatings
Hot-dip galvanizing, zinc plating and powder coating: how they work and what to specify.
3 references →Reading designations
How steel names are built in the SAE, EN, BS 970, IS and JIS systems, decoded part by part.
5 references →Documents and online catalog
Product information
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Product specifications
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