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BS 970 EN5 Steel: Price Gap

Demand price (median buyer ceiling from RFQs) versus offer price (median seller reserve from listings), and the gap between them, for BS 970 EN5 across India. Click a region to drill into states.

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Lifetime: The gap between buyer bids and seller asks, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade usually traded with buyers bidding above sellers?”
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1 RFQs · 102 listings
7 days ago
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1 RFQs · 102 listings
15 days ago
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1 RFQs · 101 listings
30 days ago
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1 RFQs · 96 listings
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BS 970 EN5 is a Carbon Steel grade: EN5: 30 carbon steel. Specified in BS 970:1955, Part 2. Typical applications: Gears, shafts, couplings, general engineering.
Equivalent / Similar Grades (4)
Grade Standard Region
C30 DIN Germany
AISI 1030 SAE USA
S30C JIS Japan
080M30 BS 970 (Part 1) UK
Chemical Composition (%)
C Si Mn S P
0.25-0.35 0.05-0.35 0.60-1.00 <=0.060 <=0.060
Mechanical Properties
Tensile Strength ≥494 MPa (32 tons/sq in, converted)
Yield Strength ≥247 MPa (16 tons/sq in, converted)
Elongation ≥25%
Hardness 143-193 HB
Condition Normalised, ruling section 2 1/2 in (lowest-strength condition of the standard)