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Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. 1080A Aluminum

Grade 300 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 1080A aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 300 maraging steel and the bottom bar is 1080A aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
68
Elongation at Break, % 6.5 to 18
2.3 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
26
Shear Strength, MPa 640 to 1190
49 to 81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 2030
74 to 140
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760 to 1990
17 to 120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.1
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130 to 170
3.1 to 19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 68
7.6 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 43
14 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31 to 62
3.3 to 6.4

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.050 to 0.15
99.8 to 100
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Calcium (Ca), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Cobalt (Co), % 8.5 to 9.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.030
Gallium (Ga), % 0
0 to 0.030
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 68.4
0 to 0.15
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.020
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.020
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.6 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 18 to 19
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 0.020
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.060
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.020
0

Comparable Variants