MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 434 Stainless Steel vs. Zamak 5

AISI 434 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Zamak 5 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 32 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 AISI 434 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Zamak 5.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
92
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
87
Elongation at Break, % 24
6.3
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.25
Rockwell B Hardness 77
57
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
33
Shear Strength, MPa 330
260
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520
330
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
120
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
95
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
110
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
27

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
26
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
37

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
6.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 33
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
380

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
14
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
9.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
3.5 to 4.3
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.7 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 78.6 to 83.3
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.025 to 0.080
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.0030
Zinc (Zn), % 0
94.3 to 95.7