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AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4162 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.4162 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4162 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 25
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 340
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 480
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 780
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 570
520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 99
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 120
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 840
690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 28
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.6
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 29
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 84.7 to 88.5
67.2 to 73.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
1.4 to 1.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
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 0.015