--- title: "TypeA — Unalloyed structural steels" description: "TypeA in BS: material number 1.0111, also listed as P245NB. Category: Unalloyed structural steels. 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Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. BS · United Kingdom · 7 designations # TypeA TypeA is a designation in BS for the material held under material number 1.0111, also listed as P245NB. It is a material in the category Unalloyed structural steels. We list 7 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, BS, AFNOR, UNE, JIS and UNI. - [*Material no.* **1.0111**](/materials/material-no/1.0111 "Material no.: 1.0111") - [*Category* **Unalloyed structural steels · 452 grades**](/categories/unalloyed-structural-steels "Category: Unalloyed structural steels · 452 grades") - *Designations* **7** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=3950c431-8be3-4f13-a26d-c907d77b695a&designation=b1176e74-04cd-470a-87b0-fe12661c5e51 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/bs/typea.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN P245NB This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/p245nb "DIN / EN P245NB") ## About Unalloyed structural steels Unalloyed structural steels include all low-carbon steels in which the iron companions do not exceed specified minimum values. The yield strength, formability and weldability are the decisive factors for their use. They are soft, pliable, tough and stretchy, but cannot be hardened by heat treatment. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 7 designations · 6 standards · nothing hidden This grade’s own name recorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard. Indicative taken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering. Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. DIN / EN Europe · 2 - [HI Indicative](/materials/din-en/hi "DIN / EN HI") - [P245NB This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/p245nb "DIN / EN P245NB") BS United Kingdom · 1 - **TypeA Indicative** AFNOR France · 1 - [BS1 Indicative](/materials/bs/bs1 "AFNOR BS1") UNE Spain · 1 - [AE235KR Indicative](/materials/une/ae235kr "UNE AE235KR") JIS Japan · 1 - [SG255 Indicative](/materials/jis/sg255 "JIS SG255") UNI Italy · 1 - [FeE24KR Indicative](/materials/uni/fee24kr "UNI FeE24KR") Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 9 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Mn Si C Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 99.1 % Mn — 0.3 % Si — 0.3 % C — 0.2 % Traces & impurities · 0.1 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | ≤ 0.16 | | Si | ≤ 0.25 | | Mn | ≤ 0.3 | | P | 0.025 | | S | 0.015 | | Al | ≥ 0.02 | | Ti | ≤ 0.03 | | Nb | ≤ 0.05 | | N | 0.009 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Aluminium Titanium Niobium Nitrogen 0.01 % 0.1 % 1 % 10 % 100 % The scale is logarithmic, not the element’s raw share of the alloy — the only honest way to fit 0.01 % and 100 % in one picture, and it means every value here can be compared with every other. | Element | As published source text, verbatim | Min% by weight | Max% by weight | Bound | |---|---|---|---|---| | C | ≤0,16 | — | 0.160 | Max | | N | 0,009 | 0.009 | 0.009 | Exact | | Al | ≥0,020 | 0.020 | — | Min | | Si | ≤0,25 | — | 0.250 | Max | | P | 0,025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | Exact | | S | 0,015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | Exact | | Ti | ≤0,03 | — | 0.030 | Max | | Mn | ≤0,30 | — | 0.300 | Max | | Nb | ≤0,050 | — | 0.050 | Max | The published column is the source string byte-for-byte, decimal comma and all; Min and Max are the parsed bounds. Elements not listed have no value on file — they are omitted, never inferred. ## Predicted transformation temperatures Not enough recorded composition to predict a transformation temperature for this grade — missing: Ni, Cr, Mo. ## Physical & mechanical properties Density 7,85 g/cm³ Exact An absent property means we hold no value for it — it is left out rather than estimated, interpolated from a neighbouring grade, or filled from a handbook. It does not mean the property is undefined for the material. ## Properties by condition 1 conditions · 2 values By thickness**Normalized** source `steelnumber` | Thickness mm | A% · Lo = 5,65 √So | |---|---| | ≤ 3 | 26 | | 3 – 5 | 34 | Every figure holds only for the condition on its own row. Values are never merged across conditions or across sources, never averaged, and never interpolated between two rows. An em dash means no value on file — never zero. Figures are converted to the unit in the column header; the source’s own wording is kept and shown where the two differ. ## Heat treatment Supply condition - Normalizing t＜3 Conditions the standard permits on delivery. No temperature or medium is published for these, so no order and no alternation is implied. Source: [www.caishuku.com](https://www.caishuku.com/detail/azhlNWIxMTQ3Nw__ "Source: www.caishuku.com") ## Similar grades — and why Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.0, a shared category, and a published range for Mn / Si that overlaps this grade’s. These are neighbours in composition space — they are not equivalents, and none is claimed to be interchangeable with this grade. [C8D 1.0010 Mn ≤0,50 · Si ≤0,30 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.02 - 2 designations](/materials/din-en/c8d "C8D")[St 24 1.0327 Mn ≤0,40 · Si ≤0,10 - ΔMn 0.05 - ΔSi 0.08 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/st-24 "St 24")[S215GSiT 1.0211 Mn ≤0,55 · Si ≤0,30 - ΔMn 0.13 - ΔSi 0.02 - 4 designations](/materials/din-en/s215gsit "S215GSiT")[S180G2T 1.0326 Mn ≤0,45 · Si ≤0,05 - ΔMn 0.08 - ΔSi 0.10 - 2 designations](/materials/din-en/s180g2t "S180G2T")[St 00 1.0030 Mn 0,20-0,50 · Si ≤0,30 - ΔMn 0.20 - ΔSi 0.02 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/st-00 "St 00")[S205GT 1.0032 Mn 0,20-0,50 · Si ≤0,30 - ΔMn 0.20 - ΔSi 0.02 - 4 designations](/materials/din-en/s205gt "S205GT") ## Looking for this grade under another name? Search the catalogue by designation, material number or composition — every name on this page is itself a way in. 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