AWS E316LMn vs. SAE-AISI D4 Steel
Both AWS E316LMn and SAE-AISI D4 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E316LMn and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 8.4 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 760 to 2060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 32 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 27 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 2.1 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 47.5 to 59.4 | |
| 80.6 to 86.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |