S275NL

Fine-grain structural steels,

normalised rolled

Material no.

1.0491

analogic

DIN EN 10025-3

Tensile strength class

Usage
The series of normalised rolled fine-grain
structural steels is characterised by an
minimum yield strength of 275-355 N/
mm2, by good weldability and high resistance to brittle fracture. These grades
are used above all for manufacturing
highly stressed welded structures in the
construction of heavy machinery, bridges
and steel structures. The special grades
S...NL are available for application temperatures below -20 C.
The user of these steel grades must
make sure that his calculation, design and
processing methods are appropriate for
the material. The welding technique used
must be suitable for the intended application and comply with the state-of-theart.
The steel grades of this series offer
good cold-forming and hot-forming properties without negatively affecting the
material properties. These steel grades
are therefore also suitable for cold-bordering and cold-flanging as well as for
cold-bending and folding.
Bending radius:
2,0* nominal thickness, for bending
axis transverse to rolling direction,
2,5* nominal thickness for bending
axis parallel to rolling direction

With cold-forming above 5% or hotforming outside of the temperature range

or 1.050-850 C as well as after excess
times, the plates should be subsequently
normalised at 880 930 C. The holding
time is approx. 0,5 minutes per millimetre
of plate thickness.

Mechanical properties 1)
Nom. thick. e Yield strength R eL /Rp 0,2

16 mm

275 MPa
265 MPa

> 16 mm

Nom. thick. e Tensile strength Rm

370 510 MPa

Nom. thick. e Total elongation

Chemical composition 1)
(in percent by weight)

min.

max.

0,16%

Si

0,40%

Mn

1,50%

0,50%

0,025%

0,020% 2)

0,015%

Cu

0,55%

Ni

0,30%

0,05%

Al

24 %

< 3 mm

The samples for the tensile test are taken

at right angles to rolling direction unless
the product width is opposed to this.
1) The tensile test values given in the table apply to
longitudinal samples; in case of strip and sheet
steel of widths of 600 mm they apply to
transverse samples.

Notch impact energy

Minimum value of notch impact energy 1)
[J] at a test temperature of [C]

0,02% 3)

CE

0,40% 4)

The following limitation shall additionally

apply to all steel grades: Ti 0,05%, Cr
0,30 %, Mo 0,10%.
1) Heat analysis
2) A sulphur content of 0,010% max. can be agreed in
the order for all products with a thickness of 16 mm
intended for railway construction.
3) The minimum value for the Al total content shall
not apply if the steel contains sufficient quantities
of nitrogen-fixing elements.
4) Max. carbon equivalent value: CE = C + Mn/6 +
(Cr + Mo + V)/5 + (Cu + Ni)/15

83

40

55

34

-10

51

34

-20

47

27

-30

40

23

-40

31

20

-50

27

16

1) Average values of 3 samples; one individual value

may fall short of the required minimum value by not
more than 30%. The sample width shall equal the
product thickness if the latter is between 5 and 10
mm, the tests being performed using samples wich
are similar to Charpy-V samples. The values
specified in the table above are to be reduced
proportionally to the sample width.

Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH Eisenhttenstrae 99 38239 Salzgitter

Phone +49 (0) 5341 21-2890 Telefax +49 (0) 5341 21-8536
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longitud. [J] transvers. [J]

+20

S275NL
Fine-grain structural steels,
normalised rolled

Available dimensions
Hot rolled coils unpickled, mill edge
Thickn. in mm

Width in mm

1,50 1,79

900 1250

1,80 1,99

900 1390

2,00 2,24

900 1540

2,25 2,49

900 1700

2,50 12,70

900 1880

Hot-rolled slit strip

Thickn. in mm

Width in mm

1,50 1,79

100 515

1,80 1,99

100 635

2,00 2,24

100 760

2,25 7,00

100 800

7,01 8,00

140 800

8,01 9,00

175 800

9,01 10,00

233 800

100 mm on request

Welding
The fine-grain structural steel grades of
this series can be perfectly welded both
manually and using automatic equipment
by means of all known welding processes.
However, the quality of the weld joint depends on the welding process, the welding conditions and the selection of the
correct filter metals.
Basic coated electrodes are recommended for manual welding. In general,
pre-heating prior to welding or torch -cutting is not necessary. At outside temperatures below +5 C, plates of this steel
grades should be preheated to 150 C.
Subsequent normalizing or stress relieve annealing is required only if called in the
regulations or if operating and manufacturing conditions make a reduction of the
residual welding stresses appear useful.
With stress relieve annealing at 530-580
C, the holding time should be 2 minutes
per millimetre of plate thickness, not fall
short of 30 minutes and not significantly

exceed 60 minutes. Excessively high annealing temperatures or excessively long

annealing times bear the risk of reducing
the strength values to below the condition of delivery.
In addition to this, the guidelines for
processing these steel grades according
to Iron and steel material sheet 088 must
be observed.

Condition of delivery, scope of testing and certificate

The provisions of EN 10149-3 shall apply
for delivery and inspection. The products
are delivered normalised rolled.

Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH Eisenhttenstrae 99 38239 Salzgitter

Phone +49 (0) 5341 21-2890 Telefax +49 (0) 5341 21-8536
E-Mail flachstahl@salzgitter-ag.de http://www.salzgitter-flachstahl.de

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