Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. C28000 Muntz Metal
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C28000 Muntz Metal belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 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 C28000 Muntz Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 10 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 330 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 150 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 110 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 11 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 41 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |