AWS ER90S-B9 vs. SAE-AISI A7 Steel
Both AWS ER90S-B9 and SAE-AISI A7 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS ER90S-B9 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI A7 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 800 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 91 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 29 to 77 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 27 to 72 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 2.0 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 5.0 to 5.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.4 to 90.7 | |
| 81.4 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.2 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 3.9 to 5.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |