EN10293: GS240 Carbon Steel
Casting grades: GS240
Metal Type: Carbon Steels
Casting Process: Sand Casting or Lost Wax Precision Investment Casting
Standard: EN 10293-2015; BS EN 10293-2015; DIN EN 10293-2015
Werkstoff nummer: 1.0455
Alternating Steel Grade: ISO3755 240-450w
Heat treatment: Nomalizing or austeritizing at 880 to 980 °C.
The right description is GS240+N, “+N” means: Normalizing; +QT or +QT1 or +QT2 means: Quenching(air or liquid) and Tempering.
| Steel Grade | Werkstoff nummer | Carbon % | Manganese % | Silicon % | P % | S % | Cr % | Mo % | Ni % | V % | Cu % |
| GS240 | 1.0455 | 0.23 | 1.20 | 0.60 | 0.030 | 0.025 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 0.3 |
1. Ni+Cr+Cu+Mo+V, the sum of residual elements shall not exceed 1.00%
| Steel Grade | Nummer | Heat Treatment | Thickness mm | Tensile Strength
Rm Mpa |
Upper Yield Rp0.2, Mpa | Elongation
% A |
Impact Strength
KV J |
| GS240 | 1.0455 | +N | t≤100 | 450-600 | 240 | 22 | 31 |
1. The testing ambient room temperature.
2. 1MPa=1 N/mm2
3. “+N” means: Normalizing; +QT or +QT1 or +QT2 means: Quenching(air or liquid) and Tempering.
4. The Yield strength values at room temperature to 0.2% proff strength.
EN 10293:2015, Steel Castings for general engineering uses
is the newest revision for generally casting material.
Previous Editions:
- DIN 1681: 1924-04, 1929-07, 1942xx-03, 1967-06, 1985-06
- DIN 17182: 1985-06, 1992-05
- DIN 17205: 1992-04
- DIN EN 10293:2005
- DIN EN 10293 Corrigendum 1: 2008-09
- BS3100: 1991
