Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI D5 Steel
Both grade 350 maraging steel and SAE-AISI D5 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 5.4 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 470 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 770 to 2030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 28 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 26 to 67 |
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 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 77.9 to 84.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| 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 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |