AWS E33-31 vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel
Both AWS E33-31 and EN 1.4421 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 E33-31 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 | |
| 880 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 86 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 44 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 31 to 39 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 31 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 24.7 to 34.8 | |
| 74.4 to 80.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 32 | |
| 4.0 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |