AWS E383 vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E383 and S66286 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E383 and the bottom bar is S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.4 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 89 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 40 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26.5 to 29 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.6 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 28.8 to 39.2 | |
| 49.1 to 59.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |