EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-27
EN 1.4935 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 ZA-27.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 260 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 530 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 26 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 53 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 80 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 570 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 8.1 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 420 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 69.3 to 73 |