Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both grade 350 maraging steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 750 to 2400 | |
| 570 to 1290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 9.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 180 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 190 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
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 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |