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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4523 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.4523 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4523 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
22
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.6

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
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 99
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
77
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
5.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
17.5 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
75.7 to 80.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
0
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
0.15 to 0.35
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8