EN 1.4567 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-8
EN 1.4567 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4567 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 51 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 260 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 490 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 780 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 390 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 400 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 17 | |
| 7.6 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 8.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.3 to 71.5 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |