Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. C72800 Copper-nickel
Grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C72800 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is C72800 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 3.9 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.34 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 34 to 60 | |
| 21 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 44 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 330 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 520 to 1270 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 250 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 190 | |
| 37 to 99 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 16 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 19 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 78.3 to 82.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |