Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Ferrite
Grade 350 maraging steel and ferrite belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 350 maraging steel is a metal, while ferrite is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (22, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is ferrite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 750 to 2400 | |
| 430 to 2000 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 48 to 71 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 710 to 1050 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.0 to 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 4.7 to 4.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 35 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 2.8 to 4.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 6.2 to 8.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 3.0 to 4.6 |