EN 1.6587 Steel vs. Grade 705C Zirconium
EN 1.6587 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 705C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6587 steel and the bottom bar is grade 705C zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1420 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 5.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 36 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 9.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 42 | |
| 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.4 to 96.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 91.9 to 98 |