Plates made of the steel grades listed below are used for offshore structures. These steel grades show especially good impact resistance, fatigue resistance and lamellar cracking resistance.

Grade	Min. Yield Strength [MPa]	Tensile Strength Rm [MPa]	Min. Elongation [%]	Min. Impact Energy KV [°C/J] - transverse	CEV max. 1)	Dimension Table No.
42	289	427-565	20/24	-40/27	0,43 2)	table 1
					0,45 3)
50	345 2)	483-620	18/23	-40/34	0,43 4)	table 2
	324 3)				0,45 5)

1) CEV=
2) For widht to 2 1/2"
3) For widht over 2 1/2"
4) For widht to 2"
5) For widht over 2"