Grade 250 Maraging Steel vs. Grade 350 Maraging Steel
Both grade 250 maraging steel and grade 350 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 250 maraging steel and the bottom bar is grade 350 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 730 to 1660 | |
| 750 to 2400 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 to 17 | |
| 4.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 30 to 53 | |
| 34 to 60 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 1060 | |
| 710 to 1400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1800 | |
| 1140 to 2420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1740 | |
| 830 to 2300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 98 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 61 | |
| 38 to 82 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 40 | |
| 29 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 54 | |
| 35 to 74 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 8.5 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 71.1 | |
| 61.2 to 64.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.6 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |