Low-oxygen Zirconium vs. EN 1.4110 Stainless Steel
Low-oxygen zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4110 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is low-oxygen zirconium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4110 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 770 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 430 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.7 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 | |
| 90 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
| 480 to 4550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 28 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 | |
| 27 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.48 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 81.4 to 86 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 94.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |