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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade H Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade H steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade H steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
200 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
20 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
310 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
410 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
650 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
430 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 99
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
130 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
500 to 810
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
23 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
21 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
19 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.3 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
0.4 to 0.65
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
97.3 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.75 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010

Comparable Variants