EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E409Nb
Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and AWS E409Nb are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 1.4935 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E409Nb.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 80.2 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |