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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8915 Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.8915 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 (5, 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 1.8915 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
490

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
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.6

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
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 99
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
95.2 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.1 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.025
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 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.2