ASTM Grade LC9 Steel vs. AWS ER80S-B3L
Both ASTM grade LC9 steel and AWS ER80S-B3L are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 ASTM grade LC9 steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER80S-B3L.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 | |
| 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 65 | |
| 60 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 920 | |
| 730 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.3 to 2.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.4 to 91.5 | |
| 93.6 to 96 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.45 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |