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Steel tensile strength conversions
The tensile strength of steel can be quoted on a number of imperial and metric scales. The factors below are useful for converting.
One newton per square mm is equal to :-
Metric
bar
10
kilopascal
1000
hectopascal
10000
megapascal
1
millibar
10000
pascal
1000000
kilogram per square centimetre
10.19716
kilogram per square metre
101971.6
newton per square metre
1000000
kilonewton per square metre
1000
meganewton per square metre
1
newton per square centimetre
100
British and U.S. (Imperial system)
thousand pounds [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2010 under Steel, steel strip.
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MEPS report steel demand collapse in Europe
EU STEEL COIL PRODUCERS FACE HIGHER INPUT COSTS AS DEMAND COLLAPSES
Market sentiment has been knocked by the recent economic turmoil and sovereign debt issues in the eurozone. Strip mill product prices are fairly flat this month. Domestic producers are still keen to lift basis values significantly for the third quarter. However, most steel consumers and [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2010 under Steel, Steel News, Steel Prices.
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