AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.4971 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4971 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 340 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 38 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 280 |
| 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 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 24.3 to 37.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |