AWS E383 vs. EN 1.3532 Steel
Both AWS E383 and EN 1.3532 steel are iron alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 E383 and the bottom bar is EN 1.3532 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 700 to 1420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 89 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 60 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 40 | |
| 2.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 25 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 21 to 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.14 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26.5 to 29 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.6 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 28.8 to 39.2 | |
| 92.6 to 94.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 3.8 to 4.3 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |