EN 1.6563 Steel vs. AWS E316LMn
Both EN 1.6563 steel and AWS E316LMn are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6563 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E316LMn.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1850 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.6 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 65 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 43 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 54 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.9 to 96.5 | |
| 47.5 to 59.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 5.0 to 8.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |