MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 430FSe Stainless Steel vs. AISI 303 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 430FSe stainless steel and AISI 303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 430FSe stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 303 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
170 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
40 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
230 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340
430 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
600 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
230 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.4
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.1
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 30
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
140 to 440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.8
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 79.5 to 84
67.3 to 74.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.060
0.15 to 0.35