ZA-12 vs. Nickel 684
ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while nickel 684 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ZA-12 and the bottom bar is nickel 684.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 89 to 100 | |
| 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.6 to 5.3 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 73 to 120 | |
| 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 300 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 400 | |
| 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 100 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 430 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.0 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.0 to 20 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 620 | |
| 1610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.4 to 14 | |
| 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 10.5 to 11.5 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.015 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 42.7 to 64 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 87.1 to 89 | |
| 0 |