EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. Low-oxygen Zirconium
EN 1.4935 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while low-oxygen zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. 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 EN 1.4935 stainless steel and the bottom bar is low-oxygen zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 5.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 70 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 42 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |