Grade 702C Zirconium vs. EN 1.5410 Steel
Grade 702C zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.5410 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 702C zirconium and the bottom bar is EN 1.5410 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 170 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 97 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 560 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 400 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.7 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 52 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 96.9 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |