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EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel

Both EN 1.4596 stainless steel and grade 250 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
970 to 1800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
450
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
32
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
4.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
16
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
33 to 61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
26 to 40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
29 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0.050 to 0.15
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0030
Calcium (Ca), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
7.0 to 8.5
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
66.3 to 71.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
4.6 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
17 to 19
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0.3 to 0.5
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants