EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 34 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 340 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 490 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 510 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 610 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |