Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. C46500 Brass
Grade 300 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C46500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 23 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 C46500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.5 to 18 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 640 to 1190 | |
| 280 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 2030 | |
| 380 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1990 | |
| 190 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 99 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 68 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 62 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 68.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.2 to 40.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |