SAE-AISI 94B17 Steel vs. AWS ER80S-B8
Both SAE-AISI 94B17 steel and AWS ER80S-B8 are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 SAE-AISI 94B17 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER80S-B8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 530 |
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 | 39 | |
| 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 | 2.4 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 89 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 96 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.3 | |
| 85.6 to 90.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |