EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E80C-B6
Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and AWS E80C-B6 are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E80C-B6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 to 51 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 4.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 71 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 7.1 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 310 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 300 | |
| 730 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 4.5 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.7 to 74.4 | |
| 90.1 to 94.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |