AWS ER70S-B2L vs. EN 1.4874 Stainless Steel
Both AWS ER70S-B2L and EN 1.4874 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ER70S-B2L and the bottom bar is EN 1.4874 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 6.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.1 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 29 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 530 | |
| 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.35 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.3 to 97.6 | |
| 23 to 38.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.65 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |