Grade 250 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI D3 Steel
Both grade 250 maraging steel and SAE-AISI D3 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 250 maraging steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D3 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 to 17 | |
| 9.8 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 1060 | |
| 470 to 1220 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1800 | |
| 770 to 2050 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1740 | |
| 480 to 1550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 97 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 61 | |
| 28 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 40 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 54 | |
| 23 to 63 |
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 | |
| 2.0 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 71.1 | |
| 80.3 to 87 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |