Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel
Both grade 300 maraging steel and EN 1.4313 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 300 maraging steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.5 to 18 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 640 to 1190 | |
| 460 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 2030 | |
| 750 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1990 | |
| 580 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 68 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 62 | |
| 27 to 36 |
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 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 68.4 | |
| 78.5 to 84.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |