EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. AWS BAg-9
EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS BAg-9 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-9.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 82 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 31 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 720 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 670 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 290 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 9.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 980 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 4.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.4 to 86.7 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 64 to 66 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |