SAE-AISI 1144 Steel vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
SAE-AISI 1144 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1144 steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 430 | |
| 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 840 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 110 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 480 to 1290 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.48 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.5 to 98 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.24 to 0.33 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |