Annealed SAE-AISI D7 vs. Annealed 250 Maraging Steel
Both annealed SAE-AISI D7 and annealed 250 maraging steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI D7 and the bottom bar is annealed 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 29 |
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), % | 2.2 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 76.6 to 81.9 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.8 to 4.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |