Grade 705C Zirconium vs. AWS ERNiMo-3
Grade 705C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS ERNiMo-3 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 705C zirconium and the bottom bar is AWS ERNiMo-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.7 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 69 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 4.0 to 7.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 53.7 to 69 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 91.9 to 98 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |