Grade 250 Maraging Steel vs. EN 1.7108 Steel
Both grade 250 maraging steel and EN 1.7108 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 250 maraging steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7108 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1800 | |
| 670 to 2070 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 61 | |
| 24 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 40 | |
| 22 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 54 | |
| 20 to 63 |
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 | |
| 0.57 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 71.1 | |
| 95.9 to 96.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.6 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |