Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 403 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 7.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |