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EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 270
190 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
16 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 320
200 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
340 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
530 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 570
280 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
28
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
99

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 210
110 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 810
210 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
19 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
19 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
7.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
20 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
11.5 to 13
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
84.7 to 88.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants