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Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. NEMA Laminate

Grade 350 maraging steel and NEMA laminate belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 350 maraging steel is a metal, while NEMA laminate is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (26, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

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

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 750 to 2400
190 to 360
Density, g/cm3 8.2
1.3 to 1.9
Shear Strength, MPa 710 to 1400
69 to 140
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38 to 82
8.3 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 49
17 to 50
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1140 to 2420
55 to 260
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
9.0 to 20