EN 1.6554 Steel vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
Both EN 1.6554 steel and grade 250 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
| 7.3 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 29 to 54 |
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), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |