S13800 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 62 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |