material classification chart

MATERIAL TYPE BS970 (New) EN etc. AISI/SAE (USA) Commonly used material names
Unalloyed Steel or
Low Alloy Steels
200-400 N/mm2
055M15
070M26
080A22
220M07
EN1
EN3
1010, 1015
1020, 1035
'Mild Steels'
Low Carbon steels
Heat Treatable
Steels
400-900 N/mm2
070M55
150M36
212M36
605M36
708A42
EN8
EN16
EN32
EN34
EN36
EN43
1045
1060
4130
4135
4140
4142
'Boiler Plate'
Case Hardening Steels
Heat Treatable
Steels
900-1400 N/mm2
080M46
735A50
817M40
826M40
EN19
EN24
EN47
S95, S97
S98, S99
D2, D3, M2,
L6, T4, T15,
M35, M42,
4145
4340
Tool Steels
Spring Steels
Hardox 400/500
Silver Steel
Stainless Steels,
Ferritic,
Martensitic and
Austenitic
301S2, 302S26,
304S11 to 31
316S31 to 33
321S18 to 22
400 series
EN56
EN58
EN60
EN80
301, 302, 304,
316, 317, 321,
347, 405, 420,
429, 430, 431,
434, 440C
Stainless
Duplex
Super-Duplex
Jethete
Special Nickel,
Cobalt and
Titanium Alloys
TA6V
TA1 to 9
TA10 to 28
    Discalloy
Haynes Alloys
Hastelloy, Inconel Stellite,
Monel Nimonic,
Waspalloy
Short
Chipping
Non-ferrous
Alloys
LM4, LM6, LM9
LM13, LM20,
LM24, LM25,
L95, N2,
CZ107
  319.0, 333.0,
369.0, 369.1,
343.0,
4047, 7075
Cast Aluminium
High Silicone Alloys Brass,
Phosphor Bronze
Aluminium-Bronze
Ampco Bronze,
Bakelite Abrasive Plastics,
Tuffnel
Long
Chipping
Non-ferrous
Alloys
LM0
1B
HE30
N8
  5083 Wrought Aluminium
Extrusion & Sheet
Low Silicon Aluminium
Copper
Soft plastics
Cast Iron
and SG Iron
Grade 150 to 400
420/12
500/7
P440/7
600/3
GG25 to 40
GGG40 to 60
A48-45B
ASTM A47
A602
SAE J158
Grey Cast Iron
Spheroidal Graphite (SG) Iron
Nodular Cast Iron
Ni-Resist