AWS ER90S-B9 vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both AWS ER90S-B9 and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ER90S-B9 and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.4 to 90.7 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |