Carbon Steel 1020

 

Applications

1020 steel is used for simple structural application such as cold headed bolts. It is often used in the case hardened condition.

Forming

Formability is good by all conventional methods as the ductility of 1020 is good.

Welding

Readily weldable by all of the standard methods.

Heat Treatment

1020 may be hardened by heating to 1500 - 1600 F and then water quenching. It should then be tempered. More often it is used as case hardened by carburizing . The cost of doing any heat treatment to such a low carbon steel often precludes doing so for the modest return in mechanical properties obtained.

Forging

Forge at 2300 down to 1800 F.

Hot Working

Hot work in the range of 900 to 1200 F.

Annealing

A full anneal is done at 1600 to 1800 F followed by slow furnace cooling. This will give a tensile strength of about 65 ksi. A stress relief anneal may be done at 1000 F.

Aging

Not applicable.

Density: 0.284

Specific Gravity: 7.86

Melting Point: 2760

MoETensile: 30

 

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