EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-8
EN 1.4313 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 510 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 600 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 1000 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 910 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 34 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 870 to 2100 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 84.2 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |