Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. C43500 Brass
Grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C43500 brass 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 C43500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.1 to 18 | |
| 8.5 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 890 | |
| 220 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1500 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 1490 | |
| 120 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 44 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1240 to 5740 | |
| 65 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 51 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 45 | |
| 11 to 18 |
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 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 83 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| 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 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 15.4 to 20.4 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |