Grade 704C Zirconium vs. EN AC-21200 Aluminum
Grade 704C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN AC-21200 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 704C zirconium and the bottom bar is EN AC-21200 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 97 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 3.9 to 6.2 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 410 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 270 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 1150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 490 | |
| 500 to 930 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 38 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 41 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 | |
| 18 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 93.3 to 95.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 92.9 to 99 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |