AWS ERNiMo-3 vs. K93500 Alloy
AWS ERNiMo-3 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while K93500 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ERNiMo-3 and the bottom bar is K93500 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 490 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 15 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 5.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 7.0 | |
| 61.4 to 63 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 23 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 53.7 to 69 | |
| 32 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |