Quenched and Tempered (+QT2) 1.4421 Cast Stainless Steel
EN 1.4421 +QT2 steel is EN 1.4421 stainless steel in the quenched and tempered condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.4421 +QT2 steel to: cast 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
200 GPa 29 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
11 %
Fatigue Strength
520 MPa 75 x 103 psi
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy
30 J 22 ft-lb
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Shear Modulus
77 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
1100 MPa 160 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
950 MPa 140 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
280 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
410 °C 770 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
870 °C 1610 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1440 °C 2620 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1400 °C 2540 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
16 W/m-K 9.4 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
7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.6 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
36 MJ/kg 16 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
130 L/kg 15 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
120 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
2270 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
39 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
30 points
Thermal Diffusivity
4.4 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
39 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 74.4 to 80.5 | |
| Cr | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| Ni | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.8 | |
| Mo | 0 to 0.7 | |
| C | 0 to 0.060 | |
| P | 0 to 0.035 | |
| S | 0 to 0.020 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
EN 10293: Steel castings - Steel castings for general engineering uses
Welding Metallurgy of Stainless Steels, Erich Folkhard et al., 2012
Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys, ASM Handbook vol. 1, ASM International, 1993
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