Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |