AWS E209 vs. SAE-AISI P5 Steel
Both AWS E209 and SAE-AISI P5 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E209 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI P5 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
370 to 1980 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
250 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
2.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
56 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 33 | |
2.3 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
13 to 70 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
15 to 45 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
12 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 24 | |
2.0 to 2.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 51.5 to 64.3 | |
95.7 to 97.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 7.0 | |
0.2 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 12 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |