AISI 403 Stainless Steel vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
Both AISI 403 stainless steel and Type 1 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 403 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 25 | |
| 4.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 780 | |
| 500 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 570 | |
| 220 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 99 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 33 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 840 | |
| 130 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 29 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.7 to 88.5 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |