Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Zirconia
Grade 350 maraging steel and zirconia belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 350 maraging steel is a metal, while zirconia is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (24, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is zirconia.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 750 to 2400 | |
| 1260 to 3080 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 0.29 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 410 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 400 to 510 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.8 to 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 5.7 to 6.0 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 33 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 15 to 19 |