What can you tell me about HRC1060 carbon steel?

Question

Is it strong? Flexible? Brittle? Whatever else.

Cheers.

Answer 1

HRC1060 is a hot rolled carbon steel.

-It is AISI 1060/SAE 1060 Steel.

*HRC is also a short form for hot rolled coiled steel.

*Applications include battering tools, hot upset forging dies, ring-rolling tools, wear-resistant parts, hand tools, and parts for agricultural implements.

*Material Components Properties/Metric/ English  

-Carbon, C 0.550 - 0.660 % /0.550 - 0.660 %  

-Iron, Fe 98.35 - 98.85 %/ 98.35 - 98.85 %  

-Manganese,Mn 0.600 -0.900 %/ 0.600-0.900 %  

-Phosphorous, P <= 0.0400 % /<= 0.0400 %  

-Sulfur, S <= 0.0500 % /<= 0.0500 %

Know more at:

http://www.matweb.com/search/DataSheet.a...

http://www.suppliersonline.com/Research/...

*Note:

study the iron-carbon equilibrium diagram,and you will find that with carbon % more than 0.83%,ductility is diminishing gradually and weldability is also becoming harder.

Answer 2

HRC usually mean Rockwell Hardness "C" scale.  I don't know what it is doing there.

The "10" in 1060 means it is straight carbon steel with no alloying.  The "60" mean 0.6% Carbon, it's a high carbon steel.    It would be harder and stronger than a mild steel and can be heat treated to be either springy or brittle.