Description
Stainless Steel Equivalent – SUS403, UNS S40300, 1.4024
aisi 403 Chemical composition
Fe, <0.15% C, 11.5-13.5% Cr, >0.75% Ni, <1.0% Mn, <0.5% Si, <0.04% P, <0.03% S
Whats is Stainless steel 403 ?
SS403 is the basic martensitic stainless steel; like most non-stainless steels it can be hardened by a “quench-and-temper” heat treatment. It contains a minimum of 11.5 per cent chromium, just sufficient to give corrosion resistance properties. It achieves maximum corrosion resistance when it has been hardened and tempered and then polished. SUS403 is a general purpose grade often supplied in the hardened, but still machinable condition, for applications where high strength and moderate heat and corrosion resistance are required.
403 stainless steel Properties
| Properties | Metric | Imperial |
| Tensile strength | 485 MPa | 70300 psi |
| Yield strength (@strain 0.200 %) | 310 MPa | 45000 psi |
| Fatigue Strength (annealed, @diameter 25mm/0.984 in) | 275 MPa | 39900 psi |
| Shear modulus (typical for steel) | 76.0 GPa | 11000 ksi |
| Elastic modulus | 190-210 GPa | 27557-30458 ksi |
| Poisson’s ratio | 0.27-0.30 | 0.27-0.30 |
| Elongation at break (in 50 mm) | 25.00% | 25.00% |
| Izod impact (tempered) | 102 J | 75.2 ft-lb |
| Hardness, Brinell (converted from Rockwell B hardness) | 139 | 139 |
| Hardness, Knoop (converted from Rockwell B hardness) | 155 | 155 |
| Hardness, Rockwell B | 80 | 80 |
| Hardness, Vickers (converted from Rockwell B hardness) | 153 | 153 |
403 stainless steel Corrosion Resistance
SUS403 resists dry atmosphere, fresh water, mild alkalies and acids, food, steam and hot gases. Must be hardened for maximum heat and corrosion resistance. Performance is best with a smooth surface finish. Less corrosion resistant than the austenitic grades and also less than 17% chromium ferritic alloys such as SUS430.
