K93603 Alloy vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
Both K93603 alloy and grade 250 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is K93603 alloy and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 810 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 27 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 25 | |
| 29 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.8 to 64 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |