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Commercially Pure Zirconium vs. R05240 Alloy

Both commercially pure zirconium and R05240 alloy are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is commercially pure zirconium and the bottom bar is R05240 alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 98
150
Elongation at Break, % 18
25
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.36
Shear Modulus, GPa 36
57
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
270
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240
170

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
210
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 270
190
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.5
6.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 6.7
14
Embodied Water, L/kg 450
460

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 65
59
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290
90
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.1
6.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
13
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
5.4
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 56
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Hafnium (Hf), % 0 to 4.5
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.0015
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.010
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.020
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.010
Niobium (Nb), % 0
35 to 42
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.16
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
57.9 to 65
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.050
Zirconium (Zr), % 94.7 to 100
0