Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both grade 200 maraging steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 45 | |
| 28 to 44 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 33 to 47 |
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 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |