AWS ERNiMo-3 vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel
AWS ERNiMo-3 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4959 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 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 ERNiMo-3 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.65 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 7.0 | |
| 39.4 to 50.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 23 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 53.7 to 69 | |
| 30 to 34 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.65 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |