AWS ERNiCrMo-10 vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
AWS ERNiCrMo-10 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 24% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERNiCrMo-10 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22.5 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 2.0 to 6.0 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 49 to 63 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |