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AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 446 stainless steel and EN 1.4903 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 446 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
20 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
320 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 360
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
670 to 680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
650
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
3.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
4.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
120 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
7.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0.080 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
8.0 to 9.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
87.1 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.85 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.060 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0.030 to 0.070
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.18 to 0.25