Reactor Grade Zirconium vs. Solder Alloy 701
Both reactor grade zirconium and solder alloy 701 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 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 solder alloy 701.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 51 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 37 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 54 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 61 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.5 | |
| 7.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 | |
| 3.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 2.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 | |
| 3.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 3.9 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 95.6 to 96.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.27 | |
| 0 |