EN 1.4458 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 300 Maraging Steel
Both EN 1.4458 stainless steel and grade 300 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4458 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 300 maraging steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
6.5 to 18 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.3 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
75 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 | |
1030 to 2030 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
760 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
270 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1430 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
450 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
34 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
8.2 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.4 | |
5.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 75 | |
68 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 30 | |
16 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
130 to 170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
35 to 68 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
28 to 43 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
31 to 62 |
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 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
0 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
8.5 to 9.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 40.2 to 53 | |
65 to 68.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
4.6 to 5.2 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 26 to 30 | |
18 to 19 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 0.8 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |