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Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. 8021 Aluminum

Grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 8021 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 23 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 8021 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
70
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 18
2.3
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 970 to 1500
160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 690 to 1490
130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
900
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
23

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
9.0
Density, g/cm3 8.2
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
3.4
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1240 to 5740
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
49
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33 to 51
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29 to 45
7.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.050 to 0.15
98 to 98.8
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Calcium (Ca), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Cobalt (Co), % 8.0 to 9.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.050
Iron (Fe), % 67.8 to 71.8
1.2 to 1.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
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 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.020
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15