AWS ENiCrFe-3 vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
AWS ENiCrFe-3 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4122 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ENiCrFe-3 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 790 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.33 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 17 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 10 | |
| 77.2 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 52 to 81 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |