S21904 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-12
S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 300 | |
| 89 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 1.6 to 5.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
| 240 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 260 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 4.0 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 260 to 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 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 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 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 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 87.1 to 89 |