Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. EN 1.4110 Stainless Steel
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4110 stainless steel belongs to the iron 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.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4110 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 250 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 770 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 430 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 90 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 480 to 4550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 28 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 27 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.48 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 81.4 to 86 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |