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EN 1.4521 (X2CrMoTi18-2) Stainless Steel

EN 1.4521 stainless steel is a ferritic stainless steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 1.4521 is the EN numeric designation for this material. X2CrMoTi18-2 is the EN chemical designation.

It has a moderately low electrical conductivity among the wrought ferritic stainless steels in the database.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4521 stainless steel to: wrought ferritic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

200 GPa 29 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

23 %

Fatigue Strength

230 MPa 33 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Shear Modulus

78 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

330 MPa 47 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

520 MPa 75 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

340 MPa 49 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

290 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

500 °C 940 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

930 °C 1710 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1460 °C 2650 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1410 °C 2570 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

23 W/m-K 13 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

10 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

2.2 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

2.5 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

12 % relative

Density

7.7 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.8 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

39 MJ/kg 17 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

130 L/kg 16 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

26

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

100 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

280 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

25 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

19 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

19 points

Thermal Diffusivity

6.2 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

18 points

Alloy Composition

Among wrought stainless steels, the composition of EN 1.4521 stainless steel is notable for including titanium (Ti). Titanium is used to broadly improve mechanical properties.

Iron (Fe)Fe 74.6 to 81.1
Chromium (Cr)Cr 17 to 20
Molybdenum (Mo)Mo 1.8 to 2.5
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 1.0
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0.15 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.040
Nitrogen (N)N 0 to 0.030
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.025
Sulfur (S)S 0 to 0.015

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

EN 10088-2: Stainless steels - Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for sheet/plate and strip of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes

EN 10088-1: Stainless steels - Part 1: List of stainless steels

Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996

Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010