AWS ER120S-1 vs. AWS ER70S-A1
Both AWS ER120S-1 and AWS ER70S-A1 are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ER120S-1 and the bottom bar is AWS ER70S-A1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1850 | |
| 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.4 to 96.1 | |
| 96.1 to 99.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.65 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 2.8 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |