AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. AWS E80C-B2
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and AWS E80C-B2 are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS E80C-B2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 3.0 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.050 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 95.3 to 97.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.25 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |