AISI 308 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 308 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 308 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 57 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 76 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.1 to 71 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |