EN 1.7767 Steel vs. ZA-8
EN 1.7767 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 31 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 1.7767 steel and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 480 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 64 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.8 to 95.8 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |