Steel graph

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Guys, a favor if you will. I am trying to make a simple graph for carbon steels I want to show

1:Wear resistance
2: Diff hardeneng (this would be a yes/no rather than a line)
3:Corossion resistance
4:Hardness (usual range)
5:Toughness (at usual hardness's)

with 4 simple coloured lines

Off the top of my head I have

1075
1080
1095
D2
M2
A2
52100
5160
L6
01

If you can would you list the 4 properties from 1-10?

so for example (I'm guessing here this is why I am asking here :) ) it doesnt have to be too accuratem just ball park.

1095
1, 7
2, yes
3, 3
4, 8
5, 7


Cheers
 
Terminology - 'carbon steels' implies that carbon is the only major alloying element .These are the 10xx steels like 1075. 'Alloy steels' have other alloying elements such as chromium, molybdenum etc. These are steels like 5160, 52100 where the first two digits tell you the alloying elements and the others the carbon content. 'Tool steels' are designated by a letter such as A2 or D2 and they are steels developed for tooling. ...Wear resistance is related to carbon content and alloying elements that form carbides....Differential hardening is related to hardenability.Those that might be water quenched , 1075 will work, oil hardening ones might work[5160] and air hardening ones [A2] won't work....Toughness - lower carbon content and nickel will make a tougher steel [ L-6].
 
mete is giving you good info here (as his advise always is).The main point is comparing apples to oranges doesn't give you any real information.A good bit of the information you want can be gathered from Crucible Steels web site (and other sites).They rate most of these characteristics in a bar graph form for several of the steels you listed.
What you are attempting to do is condense 50 years of discussion, hundreds of technical books and articles,thousands of personal opinions,and tens of thousands of posts on these sites into a "simple" four color graph.When you are done you will have some who agree,some who disagree,and some who do both.
 
Thanks guys, I fear though that I didnt really make myself clear.

I just want to use a graph for non-stainless steels (That I erroneously labled all of them as Carbon Steels) It doesnt have to be laser accurate, only a rough gide. i.e. D2 is harder than 1080 but not as tough, so D2 would have a higher red line for hardness than 1080 but a shorter blue line for toughness. If anyone can give some numbers from 1-10 for each steel I would appreciate it.

Thanks

I'll check out the Crucibel site though, thanks.:thumbup:
 
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