Grade 250 Maraging Steel vs. R05400 Tantalum
Grade 250 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R05400 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 250 maraging steel and the bottom bar is R05400 tantalum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 to 17 | |
| 1.1 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 69 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1800 | |
| 210 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1740 | |
| 140 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 6.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 650 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 5.5 to 53 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 61 | |
| 3.6 to 9.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 40 | |
| 4.8 to 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 29 to 54 | |
| 13 to 32 |
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 0.010 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.0 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.3 to 71.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 99.7 to 100 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |