AWS E120C-K4 vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E120C-K4 and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E120C-K4 and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1880 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.15 to 0.65 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.1 to 98.4 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 2.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |