Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Grade 21 Titanium
Grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 9.0 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 51 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 550 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 890 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 870 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1740 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1690 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 5.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 490 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 190 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 46 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 38 to 50 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 66 to 100 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.2 to 3.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 76 to 81.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |