AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel vs. ZA-12
AISI 410Cb stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 89 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 1.6 to 5.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 460 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 590 | |
| 240 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 960 | |
| 260 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 790 | |
| 210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 730 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 130 | |
| 4.0 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 1600 | |
| 260 to 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 35 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 35 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10.5 to 11.5 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 89 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 87.1 to 89 |