Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel
Both grade 350 maraging steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 EN 1.5501 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 260 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 190 | |
| 40 to 83 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 11 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.13 to 0.16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 98.4 to 99.269 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |