Structural steel grade designations acording to EN-10025 & EN-10027

according to EN 10027-1: 2005, EN 10025-2: 2004, EN 10025-4: 2004

Steel group

Treatment conditions

structural steel

Mechanical characteristics

XXX

thermomechanical rolling

normalised rolling

AR

as rolled

min. yield strength in MPa

example

EN 10025-2:

355

J2

Mechanical characteristics

min. 40 J

Temp. C

JR

KR

20

J0

K0

J2

K2

-20

Z15

min. 15% reduction of area

Z25

min. 25% reduction of area

Z35

min. 35 % reduction of area

Physical characteristics - group 2

for low temperatures

thermomechanical rolling

normalised rolling

weathering

example

Special requirements

notch toughness
min. 27 J

Z35

EN 10025-4:

S 355 ML