EN 1.0456 Steel vs. AWS ER120S-1
Both EN 1.0456 steel and AWS ER120S-1 are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0456 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER120S-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 26 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 300 | |
| 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 9.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 99 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 230 | |
| 1850 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.48 | |
| 92.4 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.4 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 2.0 to 2.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.25 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |