EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ER90S-B9
Both EN 1.4525 stainless steel and AWS ER90S-B9 are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 EN 1.4525 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ER90S-B9.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 13 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1250 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 to 1120 | |
| 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 91 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 130 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1820 to 3230 | |
| 570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 45 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.7 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 41 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 79 | |
| 84.4 to 90.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.85 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |