EN 1.8063 Steel vs. AWS E383
Both EN 1.8063 steel and AWS E383 are iron alloys. They have a modest 37% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8063 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E383.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1980 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 6.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 71 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 59 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.46 to 0.54 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 26.5 to 29 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 96.4 | |
| 28.8 to 39.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |