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EN 1.4749 (X18CrN28) Stainless Steel

EN 1.4749 stainless steel is a ferritic stainless steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 1.4749 is the EN numeric designation for this material. X18CrN28 is the EN chemical designation.

It has a fairly low ductility among wrought ferritic stainless steels. In addition, it has a moderately low thermal conductivity and a moderately high tensile strength.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4749 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

180

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

200 GPa 29 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

16 %

Fatigue Strength

190 MPa 27 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.27

Shear Modulus

80 GPa 12 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

370 MPa 53 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

600 MPa 87 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

320 MPa 46 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

300 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

450 °C 850 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

1100 °C 2010 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1420 °C 2590 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1380 °C 2510 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

490 J/kg-K 0.12 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

17 W/m-K 9.8 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

9.6 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

2.5 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

2.9 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

13 % relative

Density

7.6 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

2.5 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

36 MJ/kg 16 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

160 L/kg 20 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

31

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

80 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

250 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

15 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

26 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

22 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

21 points

Thermal Diffusivity

4.6 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

22 points

Alloy Composition

Among wrought stainless steels, the composition of EN 1.4749 stainless steel is notable for containing a comparatively high amount of chromium (Cr). Chromium is the defining alloying element of stainless steel. Higher chromium content imparts additional corrosion resistance.

Iron (Fe)Fe 68.5 to 73.7
Chromium (Cr)Cr 26 to 29
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N)N 0.15 to 0.25
Carbon (C)C 0.15 to 0.2
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

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

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015