AISI 202 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 705C Zirconium
AISI 202 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 705C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 202 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 705C zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 300 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 13 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 980 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 580 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 5.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 66 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 840 | |
| 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 9.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.5 to 71.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 91.9 to 98 |