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Commercially Pure Zinc vs. Soda-lime Glass

Commercially pure zinc and soda-lime glass belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Commercially pure zinc is a metal, while soda-lime glass is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zinc and the bottom bar is soda-lime glass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 87
70 to 71
Poisson's Ratio 0.25
0.23
Shear Modulus, GPa 35
29
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 97
41 to 180

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 90
300
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
720 to 800
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 110
1.0 to 1.1
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
8.8 to 9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 6.6
2.4

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
56
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 4.1
4.6 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 7.1
11 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 44
0.51 to 0.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.0
4.7 to 20