Chromium 33 vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 403 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is chromium 33 and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 25.7 to 37.9 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |