Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. C65400 Bronze
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C65400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is C65400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 2.6 to 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 500 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 170 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 10 to 480 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 130 to 3640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 16 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 18 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.010 to 0.12 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 93.8 to 96.1 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.4 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |