Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. Solder Alloy 161
Both commercially pure zirconium and solder alloy 161 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 solder alloy 161.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 38 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 44 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 14 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 53 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 48 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 910 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 1.7 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 4.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 37.3 to 39.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 59.5 to 60.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |