N10001 Nickel vs. ZA-12
N10001 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 27 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 N10001 nickel and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 1.6 to 5.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.26 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 88 | |
| 56 to 63 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 240 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 260 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 4.0 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 260 to 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10.5 to 11.5 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 69.8 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 87.1 to 89 |