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Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI L6 Steel

Both grade 200 maraging steel and SAE-AISI L6 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 L6 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 970 to 1500
670 to 2090

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
3.6
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
54

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33 to 51
24 to 74
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
22 to 46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29 to 45
22 to 70

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
0.65 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.6 to 1.2
Cobalt (Co), % 8.0 to 9.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 67.8 to 71.8
93.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.25 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 19
1.3 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.3
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.020
0

Comparable Variants