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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 445 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and AISI 445 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 445 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 83
71
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 99
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
74.9 to 80.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.012