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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ER90S-B9

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and AWS ER90S-B9 are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 ER90S-B9.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
18
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
91

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.070 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
8.0 to 10.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
84.4 to 90.7
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.85 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.020 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.030 to 0.070
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.15 to 0.3
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5