Reactor Grade Zirconium vs. AWS ENiCu-7
Reactor grade zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS ENiCu-7 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is reactor grade zirconium and the bottom bar is AWS ENiCu-7.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 62 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 5.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 20.6 to 38 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 62 to 69 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |