EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ERNiCr-3
EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS ERNiCr-3 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ERNiCr-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 75 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 76 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.4 to 92.3 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 67 to 77.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |