Z20301 Zinc vs. S21460 Stainless Steel
Z20301 zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while S21460 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 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 Z20301 zinc and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 53 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 90 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 410 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 96 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.7 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.9 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.0 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 57.3 to 63.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 99.853 to 100 | |
| 0 |