Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. Nickel 601
Commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 601 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 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 60 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.5 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |