Q235 Steel Properties and Introduction
Q235 steel is a Chinese GB standard plain carbon structural steel, and divided into 4 quality grades: Q235A, Q235B, Q235C and Q235D, material density is 7.85 g/cm3, tensile strength is from 370 to 500 MPa, and yield strength is 235 MPa (data are for steel bar or steel plate diameter ≤ 16mm). The latest standard of steel Q235 is GB/T 700 – 2006.
Meaning and Designation
“Q” is the first letter of Chinese spelling of “Qu Fu Dian”, which means Yield Point.
“235” refers to the minimum yield strength 235 MPa tested with steel diameter ≤ 16mm.
Features and Applications
Q235 steel has good plasticity, toughness and weldability, as well as a certain strength, good cold bending performance. Q235 material is usually rolled into wire rod or round steel, square steel, flat steel, angle steel, I beam, channel steel, other sections and steel plates. These products are widely used in construction and engineering welded structures, to make steel bars or build factory buildings, high voltage transmission towers, bridges, vehicles, boilers, containers, etc., and also used as a mechanical part with less demanding performance such as less stressed rods, connecting rods, screws, nuts, ferrules, brackets, and stands, etc.
Data sheet and Specification
The following tables show Q235A, Q235B, Q235C and Q235D steel datasheet and specification, including chemical composition, mechanical properties and equivalents.
Q235A, Q235B, Q235C, Q235D Steel Chemical Composition
| Q235 Steel Chemical Composition, %, ≤ | |||||||
| Steel Grade | Quality Grade | C | Si | Mn | P | S | Deoxidation Method |
| Q235 | Q235A | 0.22 | 0.35 | 1.40 | 0.045 | 0.050 | Rimmed / Killed |
| Q235B | 0.20 | 0.35 | 1.40 | 0.045 | 0.045 | Rimmed / Killed | |
| Q235C | 0.17 | 0.35 | 1.40 | 0.040 | 0.040 | Killed | |
| Q235D | 0.17 | 0.35 | 1.40 | 0.035 | 0.035 | Exceptionally Killed | |
Q235 Mechanical Properties
Yield strength and tensile strength are listed in the table below.
1 MPa = 1 N/mm2
| Yield Strength (≥ MPa); Thickness or Dia. (d) mm | Tensile Strength (MPa) | ||||||
| Steel Grade | Quality | d≤16 | 16< d ≤40 | 40< d ≤100 | 100< d ≤150 | 150< d ≤200 | d≤100 |
| Q235 | Q235A | 235 | 225 | 215 | 195 | 185 | 370 – 500 |
| Q235B | |||||||
| Q235C | |||||||
| Q235D | |||||||
Minimum Elongation
| Elongation (≥ %); Thickness or Dia. (d) mm | |||||
| Steel Grade | d≤40 | 40< d ≤60 | 60< d ≤100 | 100< d ≤150 | 150< d ≤200 |
| Q235 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 |
Minimum Charpy Impact
| Charpy impact (V notch) | |||
| Steel Grade | Quality | Temp. ℃ | Impact energy (longitudinal, ≥ J) |
| Q235 | Q235A | – | – |
| Q235B | +20 | 27 | |
| Q235C | 0 | ||
| Q235D | -20 | ||
Bending Test Results of Q235 Material
| Cold Bending Test 180° (B=2a) | |||
| Grade | Sample Orientation | Steel Ø of Curve Center | |
| ≤ 60mm | > 60-100 mm | ||
| Q235 | Vertical | a | 2a |
| Horizontal | 1.5a | 2.5a | |
B= Sample Steel Width; a= Sample Diameter or Thickness.
Steel rolled with Q195 and Q235B grade rimmed steel, the thickness or diameter of which is not more than 25mm.
Q235 Steel Equivalent
Q235 material equivalent to US ASTM, ISO, European EN (Germany DIN EN, British BS EN, France NF EN), Japanese JIS Standard.
Q235 India equivalent is E250, Indian standard is IS 2062.
S235JRG2 and S235J2G4 are old designations in EN 10025:1993, S235JRG2 is replaced by the new designation S235JR (1.0038), and S235J2G4 replaced by S235J2 (1.0117) in EN 10025-2: 2004.
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Q235 vs Q195, Q215 and Q275 Steel
| Q235 steel equivalent grades | |||||||||||||
| China | US | Germany | Britain (UK) | Japan | France | ISO | |||||||
| Standard | Grade | Standard | Grade | Standard | Grade (Steel Number) | Standard | Grade (Steel Number) | Standard | Grade | Standard | Grade (Steel Number) | Standard | Grade |
| GB/T 700 | Q235A | ASTM A36/A36M; ASTM A283/A283M | A36 steel; Grade D | BS 970 Prat 1 | 080A15 | JIS G 3101; JIS G 3106 | SS400; SM400A | ||||||
| GB/T 700 | Q235B | ASTM A36; ASTM A283/A283M | A36; Grade D | DIN EN 10025-2 | S235JR (1.0038) | BS EN 10025-2 | S235JR (1.0038) | JIS G3101; JIS G3106 | SS400; SM400A | NF EN 10025-2 | S235JR (1.0038) | ||
| GB/T 700 | Q235C | ASTM A36; ASTM A283/A283M; ASTM A573/A573M | A36; Grade D; Grade 58 | DIN EN 10025-2 | S235J0 (1.0114) | BS EN 10025-2 | S235J0 (1.0114) | JIS G3106 | SM400A, SM400B | NF EN 10025-2 | S235J0 (1.0114) | ISO 630-2 | S235B |
| GB/T 700 | Q235D | ASTM A36; ASTM A283M | A36; Grade D | DIN EN 10025-2 | S235J0 (1.0114); S235J2 (1.0117) | BS EN 10025-2 | S235J0 (1.0114); S235J2 (1.0117) | JIS G3106 | SM400A | NF EN 10025-2 | S235J0 (1.0114); S235J2 (1.0117) | ISO 630-2 | S235B, S235C |
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