JIS G3101 SS400 Steel Equivalent Material Properties

Specification Composition Density Strength

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JIS G3101 SS400 Steel

SS400 steel is the most commonly used hot-rolled structural steel (formerly known as SS41) in Japan, and is called
general structural rolled steel in JIS G3101. SS400 material is cheap and versatile, and plays an important role in
construction, bridges, civil engineering and mechanical equipment structures. Its appearance includes round steel, flat
steel, steel plates, steel strips and profiles.

Material SS400 Meaning

SS400 Steel meaning: SS is the abbreviation of Steel Structure, 400 means that the tensile strength is ≥ 400 MPa.

SS41 Meaning: 41 means that the tensile strength is 41kgf/mm2 or higher.

Datasheet and Specification

The following table shows the SS400 material specification and datasheet, including chemical composition, mechanical
properties, physical properties and equivalent, etc.

Chemical Composition
The following table shows JIS SS400 steel chemical composition, please note that the carbon (C) content is not
specified in JIS G3101, only the phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) content.
 Chemical Composition, %

Country (Region) Standard Steel Grade C Mn P, ≤ S, ≤

Japan JIS G3101 SS400 – – 0.05 0.05

Note: If necessary, alloy elements not listed in this table can be added.

Physical Properties
The following table shows JIS SS400 material properties, including density and specific gravity, melting point, specific
heat capacity, electrical resistivity, elastic modulus, thermal conductivity, linear expansion coefficient, Young’s
modulus, magnetic permeability, etc.

Notes：

 10-6·K-1 = 10-6/K
 1 Ω·mm²/m = 1 μΩ·m
 1 g/cm3 = 1 kg/dm3 = 1000 kg/m3
 1 GPa = 1 kN/mm2
 1 MPa = 1 N/mm2

Density and specific gravity, g/cm3 7.85

melting point, ℃ 1494-1527

Specific heat capacity, J/(Kg·K) 473 at 20 ℃

Electrical resistivity, μΩ·m About 0,15 (20 ℃)

Long. elastic modulus, GPa 206

Tr. modulus of elasticity, GPa 79

Shear modulus, GPa 79

Thermal conductivity, (W/m·K) 57-60

Linear expansion coefficient, (10-6/K) 11.3-11.6 (20 ℃)

Young’s modulus, GPa 206

Poisson’s ratio 0.3

Magnetic permeability, mm2/s 13.9

Mechanical Properties
The following table shows SS400 material mechanical properties, such as yield point or yield strength (yield stress),
tensile strength and elongation.

Standard Steel Yield strength (≥, MPa); Steel Tensile Steel thickness Test Elongation Bendability
thickness (t) in mm. Strength (t) in mm. piece (≥, ％)
 Bending Test
t≤16 16<t≤40 40<t≤100 >100 (MPa) Inter radius
angle piece

JIS SS400 245 235 215 205 400-510 plates and

G3101 sheets, steel
strip in coils, No. 5 21
flats and
sections, t≤5

plates and
sheets, steel
strip in coils, NO.
17
flats and 1A
sections,
5<t≤16
1/2
180° No. 1
thickness
plates and
sheets, steel
strip in coils, NO.
21
flats and 1A
sections,
16<t≤50

plates and
sheets, steel
strip in coils, No. 4 23
flats and
sections, t>40

side or No. 2 20 180° 1.5 x No. 2

 distance across
flats of steel
bars ≤25 diameter,
side, or
side or distance
distance across No. across flats
22
flats of steel 14A
bars >25

Standard Thickness
Note: The thickness in brackets is not recommended.

SS400 Steel Plate Thickness in mm.

1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.5 (2.6) 2.8

(2.9) 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.6 6.0 6.3

7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 12.7 13.0 14.0

15.0 16.0 (17.0) 18.0 19.0 20.0 22.0 25.0 25.4

28.0 (30.0) 32.0 36.0 38.0 40.0 45.0 50.0

Thickness Tolerance
The following table summarizes JIS SS400 steel thickness tolerances. With the consent of the delivery party, you can
limit the tolerance of this table to positive or negative. However, the total tolerance must be equal to the total tolerance
range in the table.

Notes:

 If the thickness is 40 mm or more, the positive side tolerance can be relaxed through mutual negotiation.
 The thickness of more than 350 mm should be agreed by both parties.
 The width and thickness tolerance of 5000 mm depends on the agreement between the two parties.

Steel thickness tolerances in mm

Thickness (t) Plate Width (W)<1600 1600≤W<2000 2000≤W<2300

t<1.25 ±0.16 – –

1.25≤t<1.60 ±0.18 – –

1.60≤t<2.00 ±0.19 ±0.23 –

2.00≤t<2.50 ±0.20 ±0.25 –

2.50≤t<3.15 ±0.22 ±0.29 ±0.29

3.15≤t<4.00 ±0.24 ±0.34 ±0.34

Material thickness tolerance in mm

Steel Plate width 2000≤ W 2500≤ W 3150≤ W 4000≤ W

Thickness (t) 1600≤ W <2000
(W)<1600 <2500 <3150 <4000 <5000

4.00≤t<5.00 ±0.45 ±0.55 ±0.55 ±0.65 – –

5.00≤t<6.30 ±0.50 ±0.60 ±0.60 ±0.75 ±0.75 ±0.85

6.30≤t<10.00 ±0.55 ±0.65 ±0.65 ±0.80 ±0.80 ±0.90

10.00≤t<16.00 ±0.55 ±0.65 ±0.65 ±0.80 ±0.80 ±1.00

16.00≤t<25.00 ±0.65 ±0.75 ±0.75 ±0.95 ±0.95 ±1.10

25.00≤t<40.00 ±0.70 ±0.80 ±0.80 ±1.00 ±1.00 ±1.20

40.00≤t<63.00 ±0.80 ±0.95 ±0.95 ±1.10 ±1.10 ±1.30

63.00≤t<100.00 ±0.90 ±1.10 ±1.10 ±1.30 ±1.30 ±1.50

100.00≤t<160.0
±1.30 ±1.50 ±1.50 ±1.70 ±1.70 ±1.90
0
160.00≤t<200.0
±1.60 ±1.80 ±1.80 ±1.90 ±1.90 ±2.10
0

200.00≤t<250.0
±1.80 ±1.90 ±1.90 ±2.00 ±2.00 ±2.20
0

250.00≤t<300.0
±2.00 ±2.10 ±2.10 ±2.20 ±2.20 ±2.50
0

300.00≤t≤350.00 ±2.10 ±2.30 ±2.30 ±2.40 ±2.40 ±2.80

Standard Steel Plate Width

Standard width of steel plate and steel belt (mm)

600 630 670 710 750 800 850 900 914 950

1000 1060 1100 1120 1180 1200 1219 1250 1300 1320

1400 1500 1524 1600 1700 1800 1829 1900 2000 2100

2134 2438 2500 2600 2800 3000 3048

Standard Length of Steel Plate

Standard length of steel plate (mm)

1829 6096 9144

2438 7000 10000

3048 8000 12000

6000 9000 12192

Material SS400 Equivalent Grades

The following table shows JIS SS400 steel equivalent materials, including the European EN standard (UK BSI,
German DIN), American ASTM standard, international ISO standard, Chinese GB standard, Indian standard. (for
reference only)

SS400 Equivalent Steel Grade

Japan US European Union ISO China Canada India

Grade
Standard Steel Standard Grade Standard Steel Standard Grade Standard Steel Standard Standard Grade
(SI)

JIS ASTM A36 EN S235 GB/T CSA 44W

SS400 ISO 630 S235 Q235 IS 2062 E250
G3101 A36 steel 10025-2 (S235JR) 700 G40.21 (300W)