AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-8
AISI 204 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 330 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 720 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 700 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1100 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1080 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 to 250 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 2940 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 40 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 24 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.4 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |