EN 1.7233 Steel vs. Grade 350 Maraging Steel
Both EN 1.7233 steel and grade 350 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 EN 1.7233 steel and the bottom bar is grade 350 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 23 | |
| 4.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 590 | |
| 710 to 1400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 960 | |
| 1140 to 2420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 780 | |
| 830 to 2300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.3 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 200 | |
| 98 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 34 | |
| 38 to 82 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 28 | |
| 29 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 28 | |
| 35 to 74 |
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), % | 0.39 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.2 to 97.5 | |
| 61.2 to 64.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.6 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |