Grade 250 Maraging Steel vs. C71520 Copper-nickel
Grade 250 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C71520 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 250 maraging steel and the bottom bar is C71520 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 to 17 | |
| 10 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 to 1060 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1800 | |
| 370 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1740 | |
| 140 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 40 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 54 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 61 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 40 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 54 | |
| 12 to 19 |
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 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 65 to 71.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 71.1 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |