EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E3155
Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and AWS E3155 are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4905 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E3155.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.090 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.2 to 88.8 | |
| 23.3 to 36.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |