AWS E219 vs. EN 1.3559 Steel
Both AWS E219 and EN 1.3559 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 AWS E219 and the bottom bar is EN 1.3559 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 | 78 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
500 to 1420 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
45 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
2.2 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
50 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
18 to 50 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
18 to 36 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
15 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0.17 to 0.23 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 58.6 to 67.4 | |
97.2 to 98.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.0 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |