Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. 5383 Aluminum
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while 5383 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is 5383 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 6.7 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 130 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 310 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 150 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 23 to 40 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 170 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 38 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 92 to 95.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |