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Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Gallium Arsenide

Grade 350 maraging steel and gallium arsenide belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 350 maraging steel is a metal, while gallium arsenide is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is gallium arsenide.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 8.2
5.3
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
85
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.31
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
8.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
28
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
5.6