AWS ER80S-B3L vs. S82121 Stainless Steel
Both AWS ER80S-B3L and S82121 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 ER80S-B3L and the bottom bar is S82121 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 | |
| 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 60 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.0 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 | |
| 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.3 to 2.7 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.2 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96 | |
| 66.7 to 75.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| 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 0.010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |