Zamak 7 vs. C92800 Bronze
Zamak 7 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while C92800 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 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 Zamak 7 and the bottom bar is C92800 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 1.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 95 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 390 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 38 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 67 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 430 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 6.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 8.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.6 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.5 to 4.3 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 78 to 82 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.0050 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.0050 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 95.3 to 96.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |