Among surface treated steel sheets used for various purposes, high tensile steel plates occupy an important position. Toyo Kohan’s “Silver Top” is a leader in the field of high tensile steel plates. For example, quite different from the image people have of ordinary galvanized steel sheets, Silver Top has a beautiful golden appearance and can be made into various crafted boxes and sheet products. With first class rolling technology, ultra thin material (SF) as thin as 25 µm—unattainable for other steel sheets—can be formed; by using it to replace copper foil, nickel silver, or phosphor bronze foil, costs can be reduced. Thanks to the advantage of being less prone to scratching and its customer friendly mechanical properties for processing, Silver Top has long been widely used for press forming small parts with excellent yield across many fields. In recent years, the sharp rise in nickel prices has also pushed up stainless steel prices. Therefore, as a substitute for stainless steel, we have carried out various treatments on steel plates of special grade strength and developed a “Silver Top” with greater strength, resilience, and ductility than ordinary cold rolled steel sheets; as a cost reducing new product, it is active in the electrical and electronic component field.
◆ Possesses tensile strength (T/S) of around 400–1,100 N/mm² or more.
◆ TM31 is a high tensile steel plate; unlike SUS304 stainless steel—which is an alloy steel with more than 10% Cr and Ni—stainless steel material costs rise considerably due to the addition of many other elements. (In addition to being affected by nickel raw material prices, SUS304 is particularly affected, so its price fluctuates greatly.)
◆ Because high strength steel plates are steel, they are magnetic.
◆ With various surface treatments for TM31, it can be widely applied across products.
Type |
Temper |
Tensile Strength |
Elongation |
Hardness Value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For Processing |
High Strength ST |
A |
420~550 |
20~35 |
61~71 |
B |
520~650 |
15~35 |
65~75 |
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SUS304 |
- |
- |
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For Forming |
High Strength ST |
C |
780~950 |
5~23 |
75~83 |
D |
850~1100 |
3~20 |
78~85 |
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SUS304 |
1/2H |
≧780 |
≧6 |
- |
|
SUS304 |
3/4H |
≧930 |
≧3 |
- |
|
SUS304 |
3/4H |
≧1130 |
≧5 |
- |
|
Amid the sharp rise in various material prices and the pressure from end customers to cut costs, we promote high strength steel plates from Toyo Kohan, Japan. They are suitable for various surface treated steel sheets. Among these, high strength steel plates have the highest share and can replace copper foil, nickel silver, phosphor bronze foil, stainless steel, and other materials, enabling customer cost reduction.
Among them, TM32 C offers good solderability; because the material contains no tin, it does not produce tin whiskers; it has corrosion resistance; the base material requires no electroplating and therefore poses no environmental concern; it is high strength; and it meets requirements for electronic components such as lead free soldering, non active flux, high surface conductivity, and high coverage capability.
◆ This material can be soldered directly onto printed circuit boards.
◆ The best material choice to replace high priced nickel silver.
◆ The surface contact impedance is low and thus usable for grounding. (Surface impedance at a distance of 200 mm is about 0.3 Ω.)
Thickness: 0.2 mmt |
Condition |
Tensile Strength |
Elongation % |
Hardness HV |
Thermal Conductivity |
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion |
Electrical Conductivity |
Specific Gravity |
Solderability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TM32 |
C |
790~950 |
15~23 |
192~250 |
57-61 |
11.28-11.56 |
16 |
7.85g/㎤ |
Good Solder Wetting |
C7521 |
1/2H |
440-570 |
5 Min |
150-210 |
23 |
16.8 |
6 |
8.73g/㎤ |
Good Solder Wetting |
Thickness: 0.2mmt |
TM32 | C7521 |
|---|---|---|
Advantages |
1、Unique sacrificial corrosion protection function protects the steel plate; the surface is not prone to rust. |
1、Being an alloyed material, it has no cut edge oxidation issue. |
Disadvantages |
1、Possible cut edge oxidation. |
1、Slightly poorer shielding effect. |


◆ Surface resistance: easily conductive using a commercial tester. (Measured value: about 10⁴–10⁵ Ω)
※ Compared with existing conductive products, it has extremely high stability value.
◆ Contact resistance: the resistance value of the steel plate as the base material.
(When plate thickness is 0.2 to 1.2 mm, about 15 to 150 μΩ <JIS K7194>.)
Reference Measurement Values |
|
|---|---|
Surface Resistance |
≤ 0.5 mΩ |
Interlayer Resistance |
≤ 10 Ω·cm² per piece |
◆ Thermal emissivity: shows ε equivalent to high heat dissipation steel TM33. (Emissivity ε = 0.65–0.70)
※ TM33: the current top grade form with high corrosion resistance and thermal emissivity and a black appearance.
Alloy Number |
Composition % |
Mechanical Properties |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C |
Mn |
P |
S |
Tensile Strength |
Elongation |
Hardness |
|
x100 |
x100 |
x1000 |
x1000 |
N/㎟ |
% |
HV |
|
TM33B |
5 |
162 |
11 |
4 |
539 |
23 |
152 |
TM33C |
18 |
179 |
10 |
2 |
848 |
11 |
215 |



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