Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. 5040 Aluminum
Grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 5040 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is 5040 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 5.7 to 6.8 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 240 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 190 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 260 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 31 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 10 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 95.2 to 98 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |