EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 EN 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 250 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 500 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 700 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 260 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 280 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.7 to 72.5 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |