S45500 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-27
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-27.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 260 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 530 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 80 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 570 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 8.1 to 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 69.3 to 73 |