EN 1.5662 Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |