Commercially Pure Zinc vs. EN 1.0213 Steel
Commercially pure zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while EN 1.0213 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zinc and the bottom bar is EN 1.0213 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 38 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 97 | |
| 320 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 79 | |
| 220 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 90 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 410 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 37 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 33 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 36 | |
| 120 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 11 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 99.245 to 99.67 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 99.827 to 100 | |
| 0 |