Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. ZA-8
Grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 750 to 2400 | |
| 210 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 710 to 1400 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1140 to 2420 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 190 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 to 82 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 49 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 74 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| 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 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |