SAE-AISI S1 Steel vs. Grade 350 Maraging Steel
Both SAE-AISI S1 steel and grade 350 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 SAE-AISI S1 steel and the bottom bar is grade 350 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1840 | |
| 1140 to 2420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.9 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 64 | |
| 38 to 82 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 42 | |
| 29 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 56 | |
| 35 to 74 |
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), % | 0.4 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.6 to 96.7 | |
| 61.2 to 64.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.6 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |