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Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI M41 Steel

Both grade 300 maraging steel and SAE-AISI M41 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 300 maraging steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M41 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 2030
800 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
33
Density, g/cm3 8.2
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.1
9.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
28
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 68
26 to 76
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 43
23 to 46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31 to 62
25 to 71

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
1.1 to 1.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.8 to 4.5
Cobalt (Co), % 8.5 to 9.5
4.8 to 5.8
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 68.4
73.4 to 78.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.2 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.6 to 5.2
3.3 to 4.3
Nickel (Ni), % 18 to 19
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 0.8
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
6.3 to 7.0
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.3
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.020
0

Comparable Variants