AWS E209 vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E209 and EN 1.4740 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 17 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 E209 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 33 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 24 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.5 to 64.3 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.5 to 12 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |