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EN 1.4736 (X3CrAlTi18-2) Stainless Steel

EN 1.4736 stainless steel is a ferritic stainless steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 1.4736 is the EN numeric designation for this material. X3CrAlTi18-2 is the EN chemical designation.

It has a fairly high ductility and a moderately high tensile strength among wrought ferritic stainless steels.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4736 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

Brinell Hardness

170

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

190 GPa 28 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

28 %

Fatigue Strength

230 MPa 33 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Shear Modulus

76 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

370 MPa 54 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

580 MPa 83 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

310 MPa 45 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

290 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

500 °C 940 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

1000 °C 1830 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1420 °C 2590 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1380 °C 2520 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

490 J/kg-K 0.12 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

21 W/m-K 12 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

10 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

2.9 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

3.4 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.0 % relative

Density

7.6 g/cm3 470 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.4 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

35 MJ/kg 15 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

140 L/kg 17 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

18

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

140 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

250 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

25 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

21 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

20 points

Thermal Diffusivity

5.6 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

21 points

Alloy Composition

Among wrought stainless steels, the composition of EN 1.4736 stainless steel is notable for including aluminum (Al) and titanium (Ti). Aluminum is used to improve oxidation resistance. It can also enhance the effects of heat treatment. Titanium is used to broadly improve mechanical properties.

Iron (Fe)Fe 77 to 81.1
Chromium (Cr)Cr 17 to 18
Aluminum (Al)Al 1.7 to 2.1
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 1.0
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0.2 to 0.8
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P)P 0 to 0.040
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 10095: Heat resisting steels and nickel alloys

Machining of Stainless Steels and Super Alloys: Traditional and Nontraditional Techniques, Helmi A. Youssef, 2016

Creep-Resistant Steels, Fujio Abe et al. (editors), 2008

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

Welding Metallurgy of Stainless Steels, Erich Folkhard et al., 2012

Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996

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