AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
AISI 316L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
| 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |