Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. C94100 Bronze
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C94100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 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 C94100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 92 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 7.8 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 160 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 330 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 9.2 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 97 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 5.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 5.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 7.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 72 to 79 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.3 |