EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. Zamak 5
EN 1.4913 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Zamak 5 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Zamak 5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 87 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 6.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 480 | |
| 56 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 700 | |
| 95 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 27 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 26 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 37 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
| 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.025 to 0.080 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 94.3 to 95.7 |