EN 1.7323 Steel vs. AWS ER80S-B8
Both EN 1.7323 steel and AWS ER80S-B8 are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 1.7323 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER80S-B8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 1460 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 89 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 52 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 36 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 43 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.4 | |
| 85.6 to 90.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |