AWS E100C-K3 vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E100C-K3 and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E100C-K3 and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1290 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.6 to 98.5 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 2.3 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |