Carbon Steel C45/EN8
C45 (EN8) is a medium-carbon steel with good strength, wear resistance, and machinability. Commonly used for shafts, gears, axles, and mechanical components requiring durability and load-bearing capacity.
About
Carbon Steel C45 (also known as EN8) is a medium-carbon steel known for its high strength, good wear resistance, and excellent machinability. It can be heat-treated to achieve higher hardness and tensile strength, making it suitable for demanding mechanical applications. C45 offers a balance between toughness and ductility, making it ideal for shafts, gears, bolts, axles, and other components that require high load-bearing capacity. Its versatility makes it a go-to material in automotive, mechanical engineering, and industrial machinery applications.
Technical Details
- Accuracy
- ±0.2% (lower limit of ±0.13 mm)
- Density
- 7.85 g/cm³
- Min. wall thickness
- -
Technical Properties
- Tensile strength
- 570 - 700 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 200000 - 210000 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 14 - 20%
- Flexural strength
- 600 - 750 MPa
- Flexural modulus
- 200000 - 210000 MPa
- HDT (0.45 MPa)
- 410 - 440°C
- HDT (1.8 MPa)
- 380 - 410°C
- Embossing
- min. 0.3 mm
- Engraving
- min. 0.3 mm
- Warping risk
- N/A