SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. Grade 300 Maraging Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and grade 300 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel and the bottom bar is grade 300 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 6.5 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 640 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 1030 to 2030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 760 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 35 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 28 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 31 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 65 to 68.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |