MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade 200 Maraging Steel vs. C47940 Brass

Grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C47940 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 200 maraging steel and the bottom bar is C47940 brass.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
100
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 18
14 to 34
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
40
Shear Strength, MPa 600 to 890
250 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 970 to 1500
380 to 520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 690 to 1490
160 to 390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
850
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
25
Density, g/cm3 8.2
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
68 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1240 to 5740
120 to 740
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
19
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33 to 51
13 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
14 to 17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29 to 45
13 to 17

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
63 to 66
Iron (Fe), % 67.8 to 71.8
0.1 to 1.0
Lead (Pb), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 19
0.1 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
1.2 to 2.0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
28.1 to 34.6
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.020
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4