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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 303 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and AISI 303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 303 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
170 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
40 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
230 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500
430 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
600 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
230 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
140 to 440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
20 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
67.3 to 74.9
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
8.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.15 to 0.35