EN 1.5515 Steel vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel
Both EN 1.5515 steel and grade 200 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5515 steel and the bottom bar is grade 200 maraging steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.3 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
74 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 1760 | |
970 to 1500 |
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 | 1.9 | |
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 | 47 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 63 | |
33 to 51 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 41 | |
27 to 35 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 52 | |
29 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.15 |
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.0030 |
Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
8.0 to 9.0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.9 | |
67.8 to 71.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 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 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.25 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |