Hardened AISI 403 vs. Hardened AISI 420
Both hardened AISI 403 and hardened AISI 420 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the hardened (H) condition. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is hardened AISI 403 and the bottom bar is hardened AISI 420.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
| 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 83 | |
| 84 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 | |
| 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 | |
| 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 | |
| 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |