Tenelon Properties

Tenelon is a high Manganese steel which was produced by US Steel 20 years ago. Its main virtue is that it is a good shielding material. There is little or no properties information on it. The closest steels that match it are 201 & 202 SS. The properties listed below are recommended for use in the ARIES project (thanks to Igor Sviatoslavsky). You can interpolate linearly between temperatures.


Composition: 0.1 C, 15 Mn, 0.6 Si, 18 Cr, 0.3 Ni, balance Fe

s_Y annealed (30 °C)            270 MPa
s_U annealed (30 °C)            680 MPa

T_melt                          1400-1420 °C
Electr. Resis. (mW-cm)        69 (100 C) - 115 (650 C)

Density                        7.75 g/cm³

Coef. of exp. (cm e-6/cm K)    16.92 (100 C) - 19.62 (850 C)

Thermal Cond. (W/m K)          16.26 (100 C) - 21.45 (500 C)

Spec. Heat (J/g K)             0.502 (100 C) - 0.61 (600 C)