EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. AWS BVPd-1
EN 1.4903 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS BVPd-1 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS BVPd-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 310 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 11 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 6.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 7.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 9.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 33.9 to 36 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 64 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |