Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel: Chemical Composition

Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel (UNS S21900, S21904, XM10, XM11)
Electralloy’s Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel is a nitrogen strengthened austenitic stainless steel

with great versatility, combining high yield strength with good corrosion resistance. Room temperature
yield strength is about twice that of Types 304, 321 and 347. Nitronic® 40 provides remarkably good
elevated temperature properties and also retains its high strength and toughness at cryogenic temperatures.
It has good high temperature oxidation resistance in air and resists stress corrosion cracking in severe marine
environments at ambient temperature. Its austenite is so stable that it remains essentially non-magnetic at
cryogenic temperatures or after up to 60% cold work.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (Nominal Analysis, weight percent)
Carbon (max.).................................. 0.04 Silicon (max.)................................... 1.00

Manganese..................................... 8.0/10.0 Chromium....................................... 19/21.5
Phosphorus (max.).......................... 0.04 Nickel.............................................. 5.5/7.5
Sulfur (max.)................................... 0.010 Nitrogen......................................... 0.20/0.40
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Electralloy’s Nitronic® 40
pollution control and chemical processing; cryogenic service; and in the nuclear industry.
Electralloy’s Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel is supplied in ingot, forging billet, bar and plate to meet the
AMS 5561, AMS 5562, AMS 5595, ASM 5656, ASTM 182, ASTM A269, ASTM A276, ASTM
A312, ASTM A314, ASTM A473, ASTM A479, ASTM A580, ASTM A666, ASTM A813, ASTM
A814, ASTM A943, ASTM A965, ASTM A988, ASME SA-412
The information and data contained in this Product Data sheet are intended for general information and do not constitute any warranty, expressed or implied, of suitability for any applications or design.
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Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel (UNS S21900, S21904, XM10, XM11)
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Magnetic Permeability: (Annealed Bar) Minimum Acceptable Room Temperature Tensile:
75˚F (24˚C) — ~1.002 UTS YS El
-320˚F (-196˚C) — ~1.005 ksi MPa ksi MPa %
Typical Magnetic Permeability @ RT: Annealed Bar 90 621 50 345 45
Annealed — 1.004 Typical Short-Time Cryogenic and Elevated Temperature

Tensile Properties: (Annealed Bar)
15% cold work — 1.003
-320˚F (-196˚C) 216 1489 119 820 36
35% cold work — 1.005
-100˚F (-73˚C) 136 938 79 545 51
60% cold work — 1.012
Room Temp. 104 717 54 372 55
Density: 0.283 lb./in.3 (7.83 gm/cm3)
400˚F (204˚C) 84 579 32 221 52
Poisson’s Ratio: (Annealed) 0.285
800˚F (427˚C) 76 524 27 186 50
(Annealed Material)
1000˚F (538˚C) 69 476 24 52
Temperature ºF Temperature ºC 10-6 in/in./ºF um/m/ºC
Typical Charpy V-Notch Toughness: (Annealed Bar)
70 to 200 21 to 93 9.3 16.7
Room Temperature >240 ft*lbs >324 J
70 to 600 21 to 316 10.1 18.2
-100˚F (-73˚C) 230 ft*lbs 310 J
70 to 1400 21 to 760 11.1 20.0
-320˚F (-196˚C) 115 ft*lbs 21 J
Thermal Conductivity:
Temperature ºF Temperature ºC BTU/ft2/in/ºF/hr W/m*K
CORROSION RESISTANCE
-290 -179 54 7.8 Electralloy’s Nitronic® 40 exhibits good resistance to high
temperature oxidation in air. Its general corrosion resistance
200 93 96 13.8
in chemical media, industrial and marine environments is
800 427 140 20.2 similar to that of Type 304 stainless steel. Nitronic® 40 has
shown excellent stress-corrosion cracking resistance in tests
Electrical Resistivity: for 15 years at ambient temperatures in severe seacoast
Temperature Resistivity atmospheres.
ºF ºC microhm-cm MACHINABILITY
75 24 73 Nitronic® 40 is machined to same methods as other austenitic
stainless steels, and like those alloys, also work hardens during
machining. This requires rigid tooling, heavy feeds and slower
speeds.
HOT WORKABILITY
Nitronic® 40 may be hot worked by the same methods used WELDABILITY
with other austenitic stainless steels. However the alloy is Nitronic® 40 is readily weldable using TIG, MIG and shielded
stronger and requires more power for forging. Heating for hot metal arc welding methods. Like other Nitronic® grades the
working should be in temperature range of 2100˚F to 2200˚F. high nitrogen content can interfere with electron beam
welding by severe outgassing.
FABRICABILITY
Although it has higher yield strength than Type 304, Nitronic® MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY
40 may be formed on the same fabricating equipment, with Nitronic® 40 is useful in applications where low magnetic
the same techniques, only more power. In-process annealing permeability is important because it remains essentially
may be done between 1950˚F to 2050˚F. non-magnetic even in sub-zero temperatures or after severe
cold working.
HEAT TREATMENT
Final annealing is done at 1900˚F to 2000˚F followed by rapid
cooling. Nitronic® 40 cannot be hardened by heat treatment. Nitronic® is a registered trademark of AK Steel. 2-2019
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Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel (UNS S21900, S21904, XM10, XM11)

Electralloy’s Nitronic® 40 Stainless Steel is a nitrogen strengthened austenitic stainless steel

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (Nominal Analysis, weight percent)

Carbon (max.).................................. 0.04 Silicon (max.)................................... 1.00

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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

-320˚F (-196˚C) — ~1.005 ksi MPa ksi MPa %

Typical Magnetic Permeability @ RT: Annealed Bar 90 621 50 345 45

Annealed — 1.004 Typical Short-Time Cryogenic and Elevated Temperature

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