Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. ZA-8
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |