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SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and grade 200 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is grade 200 maraging steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
9.1 to 18
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
74
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
600 to 890
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
970 to 1500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
690 to 1490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
1240 to 5740
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
33 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
27 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
29 to 45

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.050 to 0.15
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0030
Calcium (Ca), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
8.0 to 9.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
67.8 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17 to 19
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants