AWS E320LR vs. SAE-AISI T15 Steel
Both AWS E320LR and SAE-AISI T15 steel are iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS E320LR and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T15 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 830 to 2240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1690 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 43 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 16 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 250 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 26 to 71 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 26 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 3.8 to 5.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.7 to 42.5 | |
| 67.5 to 73.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 36 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 11.8 to 13 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.3 |