Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. Nickel 201
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 201 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 21 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 zirconium and the bottom bar is nickel 201.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 4.5 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 42 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 390 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 80 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 78 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 25 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 17 to 720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 13 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 11 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |