AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Both AISI 403 stainless steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 160 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 6.7 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 340 | |
| 170 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 83 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 370 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 540 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 540 |
| 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 | 28 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 71 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 92 to 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 19 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 65 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |