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.
| Fe | 74.6 to 81.1 | |
| Cr | 17 to 20 | |
| Mo | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Ti | 0.15 to 0.8 | |
| P | 0 to 0.040 | |
| N | 0 to 0.030 | |
| C | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 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