Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. EN 1.7710 Steel
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.7710 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 1.7710 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 500 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 930 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 800 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 1680 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 27 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.12 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 95.1 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |