Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI D4 Steel
Both grade 200 maraging steel and SAE-AISI D4 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D4 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 8.4 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 460 to 1210 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 760 to 2060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 470 to 1540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 100 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 27 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 2.1 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 80.6 to 86.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |