Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4620 Steel
Both grade 200 maraging steel and SAE-AISI 4620 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4620 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 320 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 490 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 350 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 3.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 330 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 15 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 96.4 to 97.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |