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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
240 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
360 to 500
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
790 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
570 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
420
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
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
2.5
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
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
87 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
870 to 1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
96.4 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
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 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants