Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. CC330G Bronze
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while CC330G bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is CC330G bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 62 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 390 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 82 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 87 to 92 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |