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Material number · Europe · 5 designations

1.4909

1.4909 is the material number of the grade also listed as X2CrNiMoN17-12-2. It is a material in the category High-temperature steels. We list 5 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, UNS, AFNOR, JIS and GB.

If you came for one of these

The most-used names for this grade.

About High-temperature steels

High-temperature steels are steels designed to retain useful strength and structural stability during exposure to elevated temperatures. Their alloying systems provide resistance to oxidation, creep and loss of mechanical properties during prolonged heating, making them suitable for furnace components, heat exchangers, boilers and other hot-service equipment.

This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering.

Also known as

5 designations · 5 standards · nothing hidden
This grade’s own namerecorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard.
Indicativetaken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering.
Withdrawndesignation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.
UNSUnited States · 1
AFNORFrance · 1
JISJapan · 1

Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here.

Chemical composition

12 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 64.3 %Cr — 17.5 %Ni — 12 %Mo — 2.5 %Traces & impurities · 3.7 %

Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade.

Element% by weight
0.015–0.03
≤ 1
1.6–2
0.035
0.02
17–18
2.2–2.8
11–13
≤ 0.25
≤ 0.5
0.05–0.1
≤ 0.002
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumMolybdenumNickelCobaltCopperNitrogenBoron
0.01 %0.1 %1 %10 %100 %

The scale is logarithmic, not the element’s raw share of the alloy — the only honest way to fit 0.01 % and 100 % in one picture, and it means every value here can be compared with every other.

ElementAs publishedsource text, verbatimMin% by weightMax% by weightBound
B≤0,0020.002Max
C0,015-0,0300.0150.030Range
N0,05-0,100.0500.100Range
Si≤1,001.000Max
P0,0350.0350.035Exact
S0,020.0200.020Exact
Cr17,0-18,017.00018.000Range
Mn1,60-2,001.6002.000Range
Co≤0,250.250Max
Ni11,0-13,011.00013.000Range
Cu≤0,500.500Max
Mo2,20-2,802.2002.800Range

The published column is the source string byte-for-byte, decimal comma and all; Min and Max are the parsed bounds. Elements not listed have no value on file — they are omitted, never inferred.

Predicted transformation temperatures

This grade's composition falls outside the published model's validated range (a low-alloy composition window), so no transformation temperature is predicted here.

Physical & mechanical properties

Density7,85g/cm³Exact
Elastic modulus200GPaExact
Thermal expansion coefficient1510^-6/KExact
Thermal conductivity15W/(m·K)Exact
Specific heat capacity0.5J/(kg·K)Exact
Electrical resistivity0.75nΩ·mExact

An absent property means we hold no value for it — it is left out rather than estimated, interpolated from a neighbouring grade, or filled from a handbook. It does not mean the property is undefined for the material.

Heat treatment

Supply condition

  • Solution annealingd≤180

Conditions the standard permits on delivery. No temperature or medium is published for these, so no order and no alternation is implied.

Source: www.caishuku.com

Similar grades — and why

Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.4, a shared category, and a published range for Cr / Ni that overlaps this grade’s. These are neighbours in composition space — they are not equivalents, and none is claimed to be interchangeable with this grade.

Looking for this grade under another name?

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