EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E80C-B6
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and AWS E80C-B6 are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E80C-B6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 4.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 71 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 7.1 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 730 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 16 | |
| 4.5 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.2 to 59 | |
| 90.1 to 94.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |