EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4415 stainless steel and EN 1.4903 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4415 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, % | 17 to 20 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 510 | |
| 320 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 110 | |
| 42 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 570 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
| 670 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 4.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
| 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.1 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
| 87.1 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.85 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |