Material
Stainless Steel 430 (Ferritic)
Stainless Steel 430 is a magnetic, chromium-only ferritic alloy offering a bright, polishable finish at lower cost than nickel-bearing grades.
Manufacturing processes
CNC
About
430 is a straight-chromium ferritic stainless steel, valued for good formability and a bright finish that polishes close to chrome plating. Its corrosion resistance is milder than 304 — best when highly polished — and it isn't suited for marine, seawater, or heavily chloride-exposed environments.
It can become brittle after prolonged exposure between 400-600 °C.
Stainless Steel 430 is well suited to appliance trim, architectural hardware, and indoor decorative components where a bright finish and lower cost matter more than top-tier corrosion resistance.
Technical Details
- Accuracy
- ±0.2% (lower limit of ±0.13 mm)
- Density
- 7.7 g/cm³
- Min. wall thickness
- -
Technical Properties
- Tensile strength
- 450 - 530 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 200000 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 22%
- Embossing
- min. 0.3 mm
- Engraving
- min. 0.3 mm
- Warping risk
- N/A