Nickel 684 vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
Nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 684 and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1190 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 800 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1610 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 40 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0030 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 13 to 20 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 42.7 to 64 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.5 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |