Grade 705C Zirconium vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel
Grade 705C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 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 grade 705C zirconium and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 170 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 8.0 to 43 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 580 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 230 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.7 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 66 | |
| 86 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 790 | |
| 140 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 69 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 66.5 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 91.9 to 98 | |
| 0 |