AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
Both AISI 420 stainless steel and grade 250 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 7.3 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 600 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 29 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |