Mechanical and Physical Properties of Screws
Sep 2025

Mechanical and Physical Properties of Screws

No. Mechanical or physical property nom.c / min. Property class
4.6 4.8 5.6 5.8 6.8 8.8
d = 16mm
8.8
d > 16mm
9.8 10.9 12.9
1 Tensile strength, Rm, MPa, [N/mm2]
nom.c
min.
400
400
400
420
500
500
500
520
600
600
800
800
800
830
900
900
1000
1040
1200
1220
2 Lower yield strength, ReLd, MPa, [N/mm2]
nom.c
min.
240
240
300
300
3 Stress at 0.2% non-proportional elongation Rp0.2, MPa, [N/mm2]
nom.c
min.
640
640
640
660
720
720
900
940
1080
1100
4 Stress at 0.0048 d non-proportional elongation for full-size fasteners, Rpf, MPa, [N/mm2]
nom.c
min.
320
340
400
420
480
480
5 Stress under proof load, Sp, MPa, [N/mm2]
Proof strength ratio
Sp,nom / ReL min or
Sp,nom / Rp0.2 min or
Sp,nom / Rpf min
nom. 225
0,94
310
0,91
280
0,93
380
0,90
440
0,92
580
0,91
600
0,91
650
0,90
830
0,88
970
0,88
6 Percentage elongation after fracture for machined test pieces, A, % min. 22 20 12 12 10 9 8
7 Percentage reduction of area after fracture for machined test pieces, Z, % min. 52 52 48 48 44
8 Elongation after fracture for full-size fasteners, At (see also ISO 898-1 Annex C) min. 0.24 0.22 0.20
9 Head soundness no fracture
10 Vickers hardness, HV (F = 98 N) min.
max.
130
2209
155
2209
160
2209
190
250
255
320
290
335
320
360
385
380

435
11 Brinell hardness, HBW (F = 30 D²) min.
max.
114
2099
124
2099
147
2099
152
2099
181
238
238
304
242
318
276
342
304
361
366
414

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