Reactor Grade Zirconium vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel
Reactor grade zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 316N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is reactor grade zirconium and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 9.0 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 | |
| 620 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 | |
| 270 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 | |
| 95 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 180 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 41 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 61.9 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.27 | |
| 0 |