Grade 365 Molybdenum vs. AWS E90C-B3
Grade 365 molybdenum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS E90C-B3 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 365 molybdenum and the bottom bar is AWS E90C-B3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 310 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.3 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 | |
| 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 28 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 330 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.050 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 93.4 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.25 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |