Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both grade 350 maraging steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 34 to 60 | |
| 41 to 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 190 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |