AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |