Zamak 5 vs. Grade 350 Maraging Steel
Zamak 5 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Zamak 5 and the bottom bar is grade 350 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 750 to 2400 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.3 | |
| 4.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 710 to 1400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 1140 to 2420 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 830 to 2300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 390 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 98 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 38 to 82 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 29 to 49 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.9 | |
| 35 to 74 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.5 to 4.3 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 61.2 to 64.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.025 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.6 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 94.3 to 95.7 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |