Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Commercially Pure Palladium
Grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure palladium 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.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 1.1 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 43 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 120 to 200 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 200 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1550 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1550 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 12 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 5.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 4.5 to 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 6.2 to 9.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 9.8 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 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |