Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. C44500 Brass
Grade 300 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C44500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 300 maraging steel and the bottom bar is C44500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 2030 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1990 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 68 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 62 | |
| 12 |
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 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 70 to 73 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 68.4 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 25.2 to 29.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |