AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Both AISI 403 stainless steel and AISI 410Cb stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 340 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 47 to 50 | |
| 50 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 730 |
| 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 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |