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Corresponding SAE
Strength Grade
3.6
4.6
5.6
5.8
6.8
8.8
10.9
12.9
1
2
3
5
8
Nominal Tensile
Strength MPa.
300
400
500
500
600
800
1000
1200
The class or grade of a bolt can normally be determined just by looking at the marks
that are found on the head of the bolt.
Metric bolts are simply marked with their ISO Property Class number. They may also have a
manufacturers mark (indicated in these examples by
omitted.
4.6
5.8
8.8
10.9
ISO
Property
Class 4.6
ISO
Property
Class 5.8
ISO
Property
Class 8.8
ISO
Property
Class 10.9
*
12.9
12.9
SAE Grade
2
SAE Grade
5
A4 - 70
50
70
80
Cold
Worked
F1
45
C4
C3
60
50
70
80
Hardened +
Tempered
Property Class
C1
Soft
A4
Martensitic
Cold
Worked
A2
Soft
A1
High
Strength
Steel Grade
SAE Grade
8
Ferritic
Soft
Material Group
Hardened +
Tempered
British Standard Whitworth bolts (BSW) are only made in one low tensile grade. They have
no head marks apart from an optional manufacturers mark.
If you find a bolt with the
property class and 3 radial
marks (the manufacturers
mark is optional) it is a bolt for
structural purposes made to
AS1252.
8.8
A325