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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 300 Maraging Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and grade 300 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless 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, % 3.4 to 11
6.5 to 18
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Rockwell C Hardness 32 to 54
31 to 56
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
640 to 1190
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
1030 to 2030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
760 to 1990

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
450
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
34
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
5.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
130 to 170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
35 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
28 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
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 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0
8.5 to 9.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
65 to 68.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
4.6 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
18 to 19
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.8 to 1.4
0.5 to 0.8
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants