Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. C17000 Copper
Grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is C17000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 1.1 to 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 45 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 320 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 490 to 1310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 160 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 4.2 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 110 to 5420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 15 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 16 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 17 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 96.3 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| 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 0.5 |