Commercially Pure Zinc vs. C96400 Copper-nickel
Commercially pure zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while C96400 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zinc and the bottom bar is C96400 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 140 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 38 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 51 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 97 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 79 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 90 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 410 | |
| 1240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 5.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 37 | |
| 5.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 45 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 34 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 36 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 7.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.0 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 62.3 to 71.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.25 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 32 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 99.827 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |