AISI 202 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ER120S-1
Both AISI 202 stainless steel and AWS ER120S-1 are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 202 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER120S-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 980 | |
| 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 580 | |
| 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 9.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 840 | |
| 1850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.5 to 71.5 | |
| 92.4 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 10 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |