Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. Monel 400
Grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 24 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 grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |