Low-oxygen Zirconium vs. Nickel 693
Low-oxygen zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 693 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is low-oxygen zirconium and the bottom bar is nickel 693.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 9.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.7 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 2.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| 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 0.2 | |
| 2.5 to 6.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 53.3 to 67.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |