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Tool Steel Ground Flat Stock A2

  • Tool Steel Ground Flat stock cross section
  • Tool Steel Ground Flat Stock A2 is a 1% carbon, 5% chrome, air-hardening tool steel. A2 is versatile and it’s used for a wide range of tooling applications ranging from general-purpose punches and dies to components for plastic injection molding. When properly annealed, A2 has a machinability rating of 60 as compared with a 1% Carbon Steel rated at 100.

  • ASTM A681
    • Machinability: Good
    • Wear Resistance: Fair
    • Cold Working: Fair
    • Weldability: Fair
    • Chuck Jaws
    • Dowel Pins
    • Hammers
    • Knives
    • Large Blanking Dies
    • Thread Roller Dies
    • Long Punches
    • Rolls
    • Master Hubs
    • Poisson Ratio: 0.3
    • Density: 0.284 lb/in3
    • Modulus of Elasticity: 29,440 ksi
    • Shear Modulus: 11,310 ksi
    • Elastic modulus:27557-30457 ksi
    • Melting Point: 2595°F

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