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AWS ER80S-B8 or ER55S-B8 (S50480) Weld Metal

AWS ER80S-B8 is a weld metal formulated for joining alloy steels. Cited properties are appropriate for the post-weld heat treated (PWHT) condition. ER80S-B8 is the AWS designation for this material. S50480 is the UNS number. Older literature may refer to this material as ER505, but this is now discouraged.

It has a fairly high base cost among alloy steel welding fillers. In addition, it has a fairly high embodied energy and a fairly high electrical conductivity.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare AWS ER80S-B8 to: alloy steel welding fillers (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

190 GPa 28 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

19 %

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Shear Modulus

75 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

630 MPa 91 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

530 MPa 76 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

270 J/g

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1460 °C 2650 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1410 °C 2580 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

26 W/m-K 15 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

13 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

8.1 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

9.3 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

6.5 % relative

Density

7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.0 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

28 MJ/kg 12 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

89 L/kg 11 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

13

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

120 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

720 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

25 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

22 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

21 points

Thermal Diffusivity

6.9 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

17 points

Alloy Composition

Iron (Fe)Fe 85.6 to 90.8
Chromium (Cr)Cr 8.0 to 10.5
Molybdenum (Mo)Mo 0.8 to 1.2
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0.4 to 0.7
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni)Ni 0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.35
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.025
Sulfur (S)S 0 to 0.025
Residualsres. 0 to 0.5

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

AWS A5.28: Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Rods for Gas Shielded Arc Welding

Welding Metallurgy, 2nd ed., Sindo Kou, 2003

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015