EN 1.8898 Steel vs. AWS ER100S-1
Both EN 1.8898 steel and AWS ER100S-1 are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8898 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER100S-1.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 490 | |
| 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| 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 | 49 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 3.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.98 | |
| 93.5 to 96.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.7 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.4 to 2.1 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |