Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Both grade 200 maraging steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 15 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 400 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 630 to 1200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 420 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 460 to 3590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 20 to 38 |
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 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |