Z20301 Zinc vs. C65500 Bronze
Z20301 zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while C65500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Z20301 zinc and the bottom bar is C65500 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 53 | |
| 4.0 to 70 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 360 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 120 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 90 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 410 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 400 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 27 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 37 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 | |
| 11 to 450 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 96 | |
| 62 to 790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.7 | |
| 12 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 44 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.0 | |
| 12 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 91.5 to 96.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.8 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 99.853 to 100 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |