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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ER80S-B3L

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and AWS ER80S-B3L are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER80S-B3L.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
19
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
4.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
6.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
730
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
2.3 to 2.7
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
93.6 to 96
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.9 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5