EN 1.0255 Steel vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
EN 1.0255 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 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 EN 1.0255 steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
98 |
Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
60 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
36 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
430 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
240 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
270 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
22 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
6.7 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
450 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
65 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
290 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
8.1 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
18 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
19 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
56 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
0 to 4.5 |
Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.1 to 99.98 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.16 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
94.7 to 100 |