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AISI 430F (S43020) Stainless Steel

AISI 430F stainless steel is a ferritic stainless steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 430F is the AISI designation for this material. S43020 is the UNS number.

It has a moderately low embodied energy among the wrought ferritic stainless steels in the database.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare AISI 430F stainless steel to: wrought ferritic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness

230

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

200 GPa 28 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

23 %

Fatigue Strength

210 MPa 31 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Reduction in Area

50 %

Shear Modulus

77 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

340 MPa 50 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

540 MPa 79 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

310 MPa 45 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

280 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

410 °C 770 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

870 °C 1590 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1430 °C 2610 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1390 °C 2540 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

480 J/kg-K 0.12 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

25 W/m-K 14 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

10 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

2.8 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

3.3 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

8.5 % relative

Density

7.7 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.1 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

29 MJ/kg 13 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

120 L/kg 14 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

17

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

110 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

250 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

25 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

20 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

19 points

Thermal Diffusivity

6.7 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

19 points

Alloy Composition

Among wrought stainless steels, the composition of AISI 430F stainless steel is notable for containing a comparatively high amount of chromium (Cr). Chromium is the defining alloying element of stainless steel. Higher chromium content imparts additional corrosion resistance.

Iron (Fe)Fe 79.2 to 83.9
Chromium (Cr)Cr 16 to 18
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 1.3
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S)S 0.15 to 0.35
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.12
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.060

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

ASTM A895: Standard Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip

ASTM A473: Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Forgings

Advanced Materials in Automotive Engineering, Jason Rowe (editor), 2012

Welding Metallurgy of Stainless Steels, Erich Folkhard et al., 2012

ASTM A959: Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels

Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996

ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994

Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010