Reactor Grade Zirconium vs. C99600 Bronze
Reactor grade zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is reactor grade zirconium and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 250 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |