SAE-AISI 1023 Steel vs. Commercially Pure Zinc
SAE-AISI 1023 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure zinc belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1023 steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zinc.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 87 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 29 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 35 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 480 | |
| 97 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 410 | |
| 79 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 90 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 26 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 27 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 37 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 100 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 450 | |
| 36 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 4.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 3.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.06 to 99.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 99.827 to 100 |