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Commercially Pure Zinc vs. EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel

Commercially pure zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while EN 1.4530 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 commercially pure zinc and the bottom bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 87
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.25
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 35
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 97
1030 to 1370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 110
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 90
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
15
Density, g/cm3 6.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 340
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 4.1
36 to 48
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 7.1
29 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0
35 to 47

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.010
0.6 to 0.8
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.080
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.020
74.4 to 77.3
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.030
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.9 to 2.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.020
0.28 to 0.37
Zinc (Zn), % 99.827 to 100
0