Reactor Grade Zirconium vs. C99400 Brass
Reactor grade zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is reactor grade zirconium and the bottom bar is C99400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 460 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 230 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.5 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 230 to 590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 | |
| 16 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 83.5 to 96.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 5.0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |