AWS E409Nb vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E409Nb and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E409Nb and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.2 to 88.5 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |