Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. AWS E330H
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS E330H belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 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 AWS E330H.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 40.5 to 51.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| 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 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |