EN 1.5662 Steel vs. ZA-8
EN 1.5662 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-8 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-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 87 to 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 1.3 to 8.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 51 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 210 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 110 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 40 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 420 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 2.8 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 9.3 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 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 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| 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 0.045 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 89.7 to 91.2 |