AISI 309 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 303 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 309 stainless steel and AISI 303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 309 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 303 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 47 | |
| 40 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 230 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 600 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 230 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 230 | |
| 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 140 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 67.3 to 74.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |