Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Both grade 300 maraging steel and EN 1.7703 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.5 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 640 to 1190 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 2030 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1990 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.1 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 68 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 62 | |
| 19 to 20 |
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 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 68.4 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |