Nickel 601 vs. ZA-12
Nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 30 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 nickel 601 and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 38 | |
| 1.6 to 5.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 380 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 530 | |
| 240 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 890 | |
| 260 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 800 | |
| 210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 49 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 200 | |
| 4.0 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 1630 | |
| 260 to 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 30 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 10.5 to 11.5 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.7 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 63 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 87.1 to 89 |