ZA-8 vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ZA-8 and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.3 to 8.0 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 51 to 100 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 370 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 100 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 40 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 420 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 28 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 13 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.0 to 8.8 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.015 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 89.7 to 91.2 | |
| 0 |