Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. AWS BVAg-32
Both commercially pure zirconium and AWS BVAg-32 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-32.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 11 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 4.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 4.7 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 8.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 53 to 55 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |