A36 Mild Steel .

ASTM A36 Mild (low-carbon) steel Minimum Properties Ultimate Tensile Strength, psi Yield Strength, psi Elongation Chemistry Iron (Fe) Carbon (C) Manganese (Mn) Copper (Cu) Phosphorus (P) Sulfur (S) 58,000 - 79,800 36,300 20.0% 99% 0.26% 0.75% 0.2% 0.04% max 0.05% max

A283 Grade C steel plate Chemical composition Carbon, max All Thickness Phosphorus max All thickness % 0.24 % 0.035 Manganese, max Product Analysis Sulfur max All thickness % % 0.04 Silicon, max Copper min % 0.20 %

0.90 Product Analysis 0.15-0.40

A283 Grade C steel plate mechanical property Mechanical Property Tensile strength, kis [MPa] Yield strength, min, kis [MPa] Elongation in 8 in. [200 mm], min, % Elongation in 2 in. [50 mm], min, % A283 Grade C 55-75 [380-515] 30 [205] 22 25

These two materials are carbon steels with very similar chemical compositions, therefore from the view point of corrosion resistance they both will perform the same. However, the A36 plate has allowable stresses test and design between 10 and 16 percent higher than the A-283-C and this lead to a proportional thinner thickness in the shell courses and therefore less cost.