AWS E120C-K4 vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E120C-K4 and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E120C-K4 and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.15 to 0.65 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 98.4 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 2.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |