EN 1.5662 Steel vs. ZA-27
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is ZA-27.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 230 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 400 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 260 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 530 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 26 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 53 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 80 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 570 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 8.1 to 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 420 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 69.3 to 73 |