AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel
Both AISI 403 stainless steel and EN 1.7383 steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 1.7383 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 340 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 350 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 560 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 300 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.6 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 94.3 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |