Quenched and Tempered (+QT550) 1.4006 Stainless Steel
EN 1.4006 +QT550 steel is EN 1.4006 stainless steel in the quenched and tempered condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4006 +QT550 steel to: wrought martensitic 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
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
17 %
Fatigue Strength
280 MPa 40 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Shear Modulus
76 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
400 MPa 58 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
650 MPa 94 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
450 MPa 66 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
270 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
390 °C 730 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
740 °C 1370 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1440 °C 2630 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1400 °C 2550 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
30 W/m-K 17 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
11 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
2.9 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
3.3 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
7.0 % relative
Density
7.7 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
1.9 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
27 MJ/kg 12 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
100 L/kg 12 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
99 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
530 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
23 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
22 points
Thermal Diffusivity
8.1 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
23 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 83.1 to 88.4 | |
| Cr | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.5 | |
| Si | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Ni | 0 to 0.75 | |
| C | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| P | 0 to 0.040 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
EN 10250-4: Open die steel forgings for general engineering purposes - Part 4: Stainless steels
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