International Comparison of Steels

The comprehensive international comparison of steel grades

The world demand for steel grades with specific properties continues to grow, with outsourced manufacturing and international markets increasingly requiring transnational comparisons of materials.

The bilingual (German and English) “International Comparison of Steels”, published by DIN Media, compares, in tabular form, over 1,600 international steel grades of the world’s most important steel producing regions.

New, revised edition now available

The 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition of the International Comparison of Steels gives engineers, suppliers and purchasers of steel products worldwide:

• a greatly expanded data inventory that reflects the latest in technology.
• easy searching for the right products from other countries (using their chemical characteristics),
• a quick overview of national and transnational designations of steel grades with similar chemical composition by using a structure based on European material numbers,
• details of all relevant national and international standards.

Included in this book:

• A comparison of steel grades with their chemical analysis
• Alphanumerical listings of steel names according to index number (European/German material number)
• An index of cited materials standards (ISO, EN and DIN Standards, national standards from China, India, Japan, Russia and USA)