SAE-AISI M48 Steel vs. AWS E80C-W2
Both SAE-AISI M48 steel and AWS E80C-W2 are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M48 steel and the bottom bar is AWS E80C-W2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 2390 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1670 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 48 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 76 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 45 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.7 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.3 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.8 to 69.8 | |
| 94.9 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.35 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |