Modulus of Elasticity Young's Modulus Strength for Metals

Modulus of Elasticity, Young's Modulus For Common Engineering Materials Table

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The following chart gives ultimate strength, yield point and modulus of elasticity data for steel and iron.

Engineering Material	Modulus of Elasticity (E)		Ultimate Tensile Strength MPa (σ_u)	Yield Strength MPa (σ_y)
Engineering Material	ksi	GPa	Ultimate Tensile Strength MPa (σ_u)	Yield Strength MPa (σ_y)
ABS Plastics	210 - 456	1.45 - 3.15	40	-
A53 Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe - Grade A	30,457	210	331	207
A53 Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe - Grade B	30,457	210	414	241
A106 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe Grade A	30,457	210	400	248
A106 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe Grade B	30,457	210	483	345
A106 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe Grade C	30,457	210	483	276
A252 Piling Steel Pipe Grade 1	-	-	345	207
A252 Piling Steel Pipe Grade 2	-	-	414	241
A252 Piling Steel Pipe Grade 3	-	-	455	310
A501 Hot Formed Carbon Steel Structural Tubing - Grade A	-	-	400	248
A501 Hot Formed Carbon Steel Structural Tubing - Grade B	-	-	483	345
A523 Cable Circuit Steel Piping Grade A	-	-	331	207
A523 Cable Circuit Steel Piping Grade B	-	-	414	241
A618 Hot-Formed High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Tubing - Grade Ia & Ib	-	-	483	345
A618 Hot-Formed High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Tubing - Grade II	-	-	414	345
A618 Hot-Formed High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Tubing - Grade III	-	-	448	345
API 5L Line Pipe	-	-	310 - 1145	175 - 1048
Acetals	403 - 1407	2.78 - 9.7	65	-
Acrylic	406	2.80	70	-
Aluminum Bronze	15,954	110	-	-
Aluminum	10,000	67	110	95
Aluminum Alloys	10,152.6	70	-	-
Antimony	2900	20	-	-
Aramid	8702 - 20,305	60 - 140	-	-
Beryllium (Be)	43,900	303	-	-
Beryllium Copper	18999.9	131	-	-
Bismuth	1,740	12	-	-
Bone, spongy	1.45 - 435	0.01 - 3.0	-	-
Boron	65,266	450	-	3100
Brass	14,100	97	250	-
Brass, Naval	17,000	117	-	-
Bronze	10,500 - 20,000	72.4 - 138	-	-
Carbon Fibers	33,068	228	-	-
Cadmium	8,010	55.2	-	-
Carbon nanotube, single-walled	39,160 - 137,785	270 - 950	-	-
Cast Iron 4.5% C, ASTM A-48	-	-	170	-
Cellulose, cotton, wood pulp	-	-	80 - 240	-
Cellulose acetate, molded	-	-	12 - 58	-
Cellulose acetate, sheet	-	-	30 - 52	-
Cellulose nitrate, celluloid	-	-	50	-
Chlorinated polyether	-	-	39	-
Chlorinated PVC (CPVC)	-	-	-	-
Chromium	36,000	248	-	-
Cobalt	30,600	211	-	-
Concrete	-	-	-	-
Concrete, High Strength (compression)	-	-	40 (compression)	-
Copper	16,969	117	220	70
Diamond (C)	102,000 - 174,000	700 - 1,200	-	-
Douglas fir Wood	-	-	50 (compression)	-
Epoxy resins	-	-	26 - 85	-
Fiberboard, Medium Density	-	-	-	-
Flax fiber	-	-	-	-
Glass	17 - 29	0.12 - 0.2	50 (comp.)	-
Glass reinforced polyester matrix	-	-	-	-
Gold	10,732	74	-	-
Granite	5,801	40	-	-
Graphene	-	1000	-	-
Grey Cast Iron	-	130	-	-
Hemp fiber	-	35	-	-
Inconel	29,700	205	-	-
Iridium	76,000	524	-	-
Iron	28,500	200	-	-
Lead	2,030	14	-	-
Magnesium metal (Mg)	6,527	45	-	-
Manganese	23,100	159	-	-
Marble	7,832	~54	15	-
Medium-density fiberboard	580	4	-	-
Mercury	-	-	-	-
Molybdenum (Mo)	47,717	329	-	-
Monel Metal	24,000	160	-	-
Nickel	30,022	207	-	-
Nickel Silver	18,129	125	-	-
Nickel Steel	27,000	186	-	-
Niobium (Columbium)	14,938	103	-	-
Nylon-6	290 - 580	2 - 4	45 - 90	45
Nylon-66	-	-	60 - 80	-
Oak Wood (along grain)	-	11	-	-
Osmium	1,435 - 1,638	9.9 - 11.3	-	-
Phenolic cast resins	-	-	33 - 59	-
Phenol-formaldehyde molding compounds	-	-	45 - 52	-
Phosphor Bronze	16,244	112	-	-
Pine Wood (along grain)	-	9	40	-
Platinum	24,800	171	-	-
Plutonium	14,000	96.5	-	-
Polyacrylonitrile, fibers	-	-	200	-
Polybenzoxazole	362.6	2.5	-	-
Polycarbonates	377	2.6	52 - 62	-
Polyethylene HDPE (high density)	81 - 217.6	0.565 - 1.5	15	-
Polyethylene Terephthalate, PET	870 - 2030.5	6 - 14	55	-
Polyamide	420	2.95	85	-
Polyisoprene, hard rubber	-	-	39	-
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)	348 - 493	2.4 - 3.4	-	-
Polyimide aromatics	449	3.1	68	-
Polypropylene, PP	217 - 290	1.5 - 2	28 - 36	-
Polystyrene, PS	435 - 507.6	3 - 3.5	30 - 100	-
Polyethylene, LDPE (low density)	0.11 - 65.2	0.11 - 0.45	-	-
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)	58	0.4	-	-
Polyurethane cast liquid	90.5 - 797.7	0.624 - 5.5	10 - 20	-
Polyurethane elastomer	-	-	29 - 55	-
Polyvinylchloride (PVC)	348 - 594	2.4 - 4.1	-	-
Potassium	-	-	-	-
Rhodium	52,100	359	-	-
Rubber, small strain	1.45 - 14.5	0.01 - 0.1	-	-
Sapphire	36,259	250	-	-
Selenium	-	-	-	-
Silicon	16,302	112.4	-	-
Silicon Carbide	65,266.9	450	-	3440
Silver	11,022.8	76	-	-
Sodium	-	-	-	-
Steel, High Strength Alloy ASTM A-514	29,000	200	755	670
Steel, stainless AISI 302	28,000	193	850	506
Steel, Structural ASTM-A36	29,000	200	403	245
Tantalum	27000	186	-	-
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)	56.9 - 326	0.392 - 2.25	-	-
Thorium	10,602	73.1	-	-
Tin	6,030	41.6	-	-
Titanium	16	120	-	-
Titanium Alloy	17,404	105 - 120	900	730
Tooth enamel	464 - 14,242	3.2 - 98.2	-	-
Tungsten (W)	58,000	400	-	-
Tungsten Carbide (WC)	65,266 - 94,274	450 - 650	-	-
Uranium, Cast	27,557	190	-	-
Vanadium	18,200	125.5	-	-
Wrought Iron	14,242.4	98.2	-	-
Zinc	14,000	96.5	-	-

a - Minimum specified value of the American Society of Testing Materials. References Cast irom, ASTM A48, structural steel fro bridges and structures, ASTM A7. Structural rivet steel , ASTM A141; high-strength structural rivet steel, ASTM A195

Material	Ultimate Strength			Yield Point X 1000/in²	Modulus of Elasticity
Material	(T) Tension X 1000/in²	Compression, in terms of T	Shear in terms of T	Yield Point X 1000/in²	in Tension (E) x 10⁶psi	in Shear, in terms of E
Cast iron, grey, class 20	20^a	3.6 T - 4.4 T	1.6 T	.......	11.6	0.40 E
class 25	25^a	3.6 T - 4.4 T	1.4 T	.......	14.2	0.40 E
class 30	30^a	3.6 T - 4.4 T	1.4 T	.......	14.5	0.40 E
class 35	35^a	3.6 T - 4.4 T	1.4 T	.......	16.0	0.40 E
class 40	40^a	3.6 T - 4.4 T	1.3 T	.......	17	0.40 E
class 50	50^a	3.6 T - 4.4 T	1.3 T	.......	18	0.40 E
class 60	60^a	2.8 T	1.O T	.......	19.9	0.40 E
Malleable	40 to 100	.......	.......	30 to 80	25	0.43 E
nodular (ductile iron)	60 to 120	.......	.......	40 to 90	23	......
Cast Steel, carbon	60 to 100	T	0.75 T	30 to 70	30	0.38 E
low alloy	70 to 200	T	0.75 T	45 to 170	30	0.38 E
Steel, SAE 950	66 to 70	T	0.75 T	45 to 50-	30	0.38 E
1025 (low carbon)	60 to 103	T	0.75 T	40 to 90	30	0.38 E
1045 (medium carbon)	80 to 182	T	0.75 T	50 to 162	30	0.38 E
1095 (high carbon)	90 to 213	T	0.75 T	20 to 150	30	0.38 E
1112 ( free cutting)	60 to 100	T	0.75 T	30 to 95	30	0.38 E
1212 ( free cutting)	57 to 80	T	0.75 T	25 to 72	30	0.38 E
1330 (alloy)	90 to 162	T	0.75 T	27 to 149	30	0.38 E
2517 (alloy)	88 to 190	T	0.75 T	60 to 155	30	0.38 E
3140 (alloy)	93 - 188	T	0.75 T	62 to 162	30	0.38 E
3310 (alloy)	104 to 172	T	0.75 T	56 to 142	30	0.38 E
4023 (alloy)	105 to 170	T	0.75 T	60 to 114	30	0.38 E
4130 (alloy)	81 to 179	T	0.75 T	46 to 161	30	0.38 E
4340 (alloy)	109 to 220	T	0.75 T	68 to 200	30	0.38 E
4640 (alloy)	98 to 192	T	0.75 T	62 to 169	30	0.38 E
4820 (alloy)	98 to 209	T	0.75 T	68 to 184	30	0.38 E
5150 (alloy)	98 to 210	T	0.75 T	51 to 190	30	0.38 E
52100 (alloy)	100 to 238	T	0.75 T	81 to 228	30	0.38 E
6150 (alloy)	96 to 228	T	0.75 T	59 to 210	30	0.38 E
8650 (alloy)	110 to 228	T	0.75 T	69 to 206	30	0.38 E
8740 (alloy)	100 to 179	T	0.75 T	60 to 165	30	0.38 E
9310 (alloy)	117 to 187	T	0.75 T	63 to 162	30	0.38 E
9840 (alloy)	120 to 285	T	0.75 T	45 to 50	30	0.38 E
Chrome Alloy 13	65 ksi 449 MPa	-		40 ksi 276 MPa
Steel Stainless, SAE
30302^f	85 to 125	T	.......	35 to 95	28	0.45 E
30321^f	85 to 95	T	.......	30 to 60	28	.......
30347^f	90 to 100	T	.......	35 to 65	28	0.40 E
51420^f	95 to 230	T	.......	50 to 195	29	.......
51430^f	75 to 85	T	.......	40 to 70	29	.......
51446^f	80 to 85	T	.......	50 to 70	29	.......
51501^f	70 to 175	T	.......	30 to 135	29	.......
Structural Steel
Common	60 to 75	T	0.75 T	33	29	0.41 E
Rivet	52 to 62	T	0.75 T	28	29	.......
Rivet, high strength	68 to 82	T	0.75 T	38	29	.......
Wrought iron	34 to 54	T	0.75 T	23 to 32	28	.......