Shipbuilding steel plate
EH32
This higher-strength class carries impact testing at −40°C, the highest notch-toughness requirement among higher-strength grades, specified for critical structural members in low-temperature service.
Mechanical properties
- Grade class
- Higher strength
- Minimum yield ReH
- 315 MPa
- Tensile strength Rm
- 440–570 MPa
- Elongation A5
- 22%
- Impact test temperature
- -40 °C
Impact energy in joules is not listed here because it varies with plate thickness and specimen orientation. The value that governs your order is the one on the mill test certificate, issued per heat.
Stock & dimensions
Rolled to order for this grade. Send thickness, dimensions and tonnage for a lead time.
Also supplied as bulb flat
EH32 is also held as bulb flat bar for hull framing.
View bulb flat availabilityClassification society approvals
Approvals are held with the nine classification societies below. Certificates are available on request, and material is released with the mill test certificate for the relevant heat.
- CCS EH32
- ABS EH32
- DNV EH32
- GL EH32
- BV EH32
- LR EH32
- RINA EH32
- KR EH32
- NK EH32
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