ASTM A231 Spring Steel vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
ASTM A231 spring steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A231 spring steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 1000 | |
| 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1790 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 53 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |