Grade 250 Maraging Steel vs. AWS E330H
Both grade 250 maraging steel and AWS E330H are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 250 maraging steel and the bottom bar is AWS E330H.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 to 17 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1800 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 61 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 40 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 54 | |
| 19 |
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 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 71.1 | |
| 40.5 to 51.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| 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), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |