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AISI 303 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 303 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 210
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40 to 51
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 360
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 470
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 690
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 420
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 440
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 67.3 to 74.9
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.015