EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% 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 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 46 | |
| 47 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |