Test Date: 03/10/2009
Lab: Illinois (USA)
Part: Sprint Car Top Rail
Test Type: Chemical Composition / Hardness / Strength
Test Procedure: ASTM E415, E8 and E18.  A2LA Certified Testing.
Chemical tests to determine composition.
Rockwell Hardness test to determine hardness.
Tensile and Yield strength.
 

Chassis Tubing

 
 
Test/Sample ID

1 1/2" X 0.095

Carbon 0.32%
Manganese 0.47
Sulfur 0.020
Silicon 0.26
Chromium 0.81
Phosphorus 0.014
Molybdenum 0.15
Copper 0.09
Nickel 0.05
Rockwell Hardness HRC 25
Tensile Strength ksi 135.9
Yield Strength .2% offset ksi 125.5
Percent Elongation in 2.0" 13.1