S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-27
S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-27.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
100 to 120 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
78 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
2.0 to 4.5 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
110 to 170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
31 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
230 to 330 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
400 to 430 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
260 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
130 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
120 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
530 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
5.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
4.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
80 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
570 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
8.1 to 18 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
420 to 890 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
8.6 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
28 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
22 to 24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
24 to 25 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
25 to 28 |
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
2.0 to 2.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0060 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
0.010 to 0.020 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
69.3 to 73 |