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Bethlehem's XF Series steels offer a cost-effective combination of strength, formability and weldability to help you improve your product.

Strength
The XF Series includes grades with minimum yield strengths of 50, 60, 70, and 80 ksi to meet the needs of your design.

Mechanical Properties

Grade

Yield Strength
0.2% Offset,
ksi (MPa)

Tensile
Strength
ksi (MPa)

Total
Elongation1,
2 in.

Uniform
Elongation,
2 in.

Hardness
HRB

Minimum
Hard Way
Bend Radius2,
t

B50XF Minimum
Typical

50.0 (345)
57.0 (393)

60.0 (414)
69.0 (476)

24%
26%

-
15%

-
80

1/2
0

B60XF Minimum
Typical

60.0 (414)
66.0 (455

70.0 (483)
79.0 (545)

22%
25%

-
14%

-
85

1/2
0

B70XF Minimum
Typical

70.0 (483)
77.0 (531)

80.0 (552)
89.0 (614)

20%
23%

-
13%

-
90

3/4
1/4

B80XF Minimum
Typical

80.0 (552
86.0 (593)

90.0 (621)
97.0 (669)

18%
21%

-
12.5%

-
94

3/4
1/4

1 Values shown are for thicknesses 0.097 in. (2.46mm) and thicker. Total elongation minimum is 2% less for thicknesses 0.071 in. (1.80mm) to 0.096 in. (2.44mm).

2 t equals the sheet steel thickness.

Formability
Since they are HSLA steels, the XF Series grades are already easier to form than conventional carbon-manganese grades. Adding the sulfide inclusion control feature gives an extra measure of formability for parts that are difficult to make using conventional HSLA. An indication of this improved formability is shown in the following tables:

Forming Parameters1

Steel
Grade

Plastic
Strain
Ratio,
rm

Strain
Hardening
Exponent,
n

FLD20,
%

LDH3
in. (mm)

Olsen
Cup
in. (mm)

Hole
Expansion
%

Minimum
180� Bend
Radius4
t

Stretch-Bend
(r/t=3)5
in. (mm)

DQ
B50XK

0.92
0.90

0.19
0.13

47.0
34.0

1.28 (32.5)
1.07 (27.2)

0.60 (15.2
0.56 (14.2)

84
59

0
1-1/4

1.18 (30.0)
0.86 (21.8)

B50XF

0.83
0.83

0.16
0.14

48.0
34.0

1.13 (28.7)
0.96 (24.4)

0.58 (14.7)
0.54 (13.7)

86
58

0
1/4

0.99 (25.2)
0.84 (21.3)

1 Data from single sample tests.
2 Forming limit diagram at 0% minor strain.
3 Limiting dome height at 0% minor strain.
4 t equals the sheet steel thickness.
5 Bend radius to thickness ratio.

An engineering stress-strain curve for the four grades (Fig. 1), as well as forming limit diagrams for B50XF (Fig. 2) and B80XF (Fig. 3), are shown to assist in making preliminary judgments on design.

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