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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 47 to 50
62 to 76
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
280 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
270 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
400
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
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 99
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants