AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4901 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.4901 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4901 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
19 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 340 | |
310 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
740 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
380 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
650 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1490 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1450 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
26 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
8.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
89 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
14 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
620 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
6.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
23 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.0010 to 0.0060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0.070 to 0.13 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
8.5 to 9.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
85.8 to 89.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.040 to 0.090 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.030 to 0.070 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.25 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |