EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. AWS BCo-1
EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS BCo-1 belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS BCo-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 78 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 430 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 46 to 54 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.4 to 86.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |