SAE-AISI 1055 Steel vs. AWS ER80S-B6
Both SAE-AISI 1055 steel and AWS ER80S-B6 are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 SAE-AISI 1055 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER80S-B6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 750 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 630 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| 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 | 51 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 8.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 4.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 71 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 85 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 1070 | |
| 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 90.6 to 94.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |