Yield (engineering) - Typical Yield and Ultimate Strengths

Typical Yield and Ultimate Strengths

Note: many of the values depend on manufacturing process and purity/composition.

Material Yield strength
(MPa)
Ultimate strength
(MPa)
Density
(g/cm³)
free breaking length
(km)
ASTM A36 steel 250 400 7.85 3.2
Steel, API 5L X65 448 531 7.85 5.8
Steel, high strength alloy ASTM A514 690 760 7.85 9.0
Steel, prestressing strands 1650 1860 7.85 21.6
Piano wire 2200–2482 7.8 28.7
Carbon Fiber (CF, CFK) 5650 1.75
High density polyethylene (HDPE) 26-33 37 0.95 2.8
Polypropylene 12-43 19.7-80 0.91 1.3
Stainless steel AISI 302 - Cold-rolled 520 860
Cast iron 4.5% C, ASTM A-48 * 172 7.20 2.4
Titanium alloy (6% Al, 4% V) 830 900 4.51 18.8
Aluminium alloy 2014-T6 400 455 2.7 15.1
Copper 99.9% Cu 70 220 8.92 0.8
Cupronickel 10% Ni, 1.6% Fe, 1% Mn, balance Cu 130 350 8.94 1.4
Brass approx. 200+ 550 5.3 3.8
Spider silk 1150 (??) 1400 1.31 109
Silkworm silk 500 25
Aramid (Kevlar or Twaron) 3620 1.44 256.3
UHMWPE 2400 0.97 400
Bone (limb) 104-121 130 3
Nylon, type 6/6 45 75 2
*Grey cast iron does not have a well defined yield strength because the stress-strain relationship is atypical. The yield strength can vary from 65 to 80% of the tensile strength.
Elements in the annealed state
Young's modulus
(GPa)
Proof or yield stress
(MPa)
Ultimate Tensile Strength
(MPa)
Aluminium 70 15-20 40-50
Copper 130 33 210
Iron 211 80-100 350
Nickel 170 14-35 140-195
Silicon 107 5000-9000
Tantalum 186 180 200
Tin 47 9-14 15-200
Titanium 120 100-225 240-370
Tungsten 411 550 550-620

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