Aged Grade 300 Maraging Steel
Aged 300 maraging steel is grade 300 maraging steel in the aged (precipitation hardened) condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare aged 300 maraging steel to: maraging steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Compressive (Crushing) Strength
1880 MPa 270 x 103 psi
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
6.5 %
Fatigue Strength
860 MPa 120 x 103 psi
Fracture Toughness
77 MPa-m1/2 70 x 103 psi-in1/2
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy
18 J 13 ft-lb
Poisson's Ratio
0.3
Rockwell C Hardness
56
Shear Modulus
75 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
1190 MPa 170 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
2030 MPa 290 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
1990 MPa 290 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
270 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1480 °C 2690 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1430 °C 2600 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
450 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Expansion
12 µm/m-K
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
34 % relative
Density
8.2 g/cm3 510 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
5.1 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
68 MJ/kg 29 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
150 L/kg 17 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
130 MJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
68 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
43 points
Thermal Shock Resistance
62 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 65 to 68.4 | |
| Ni | 18 to 19 | |
| Co | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| Mo | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| Ti | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| Al | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| Mn | 0 to 0.1 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.1 | |
| Ca | 0 to 0.050 | |
| C | 0 to 0.030 | |
| Zr | 0 to 0.020 | |
| P | 0 to 0.010 | |
| S | 0 to 0.010 | |
| B | 0 to 0.0030 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
MIL-S-46850D: Steel: Bar, Plate, Sheet, Strip, Forgings, and Extrusions, 18 Percent Nickel Alloy, Maraging, 200 KSI, 250 KSI, 300 KSI, and 350 KSI, High Quality
Maraging Steels: Modelling of Microstructure, Properties and Applications, Wei Sha and Zhanli Guo, 2009
Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys, ASM Handbook vol. 1, ASM International, 1993