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Reactor Grade Zirconium vs. ASTM B596 Au-Cu

Both reactor grade zirconium and ASTM B596 Au-Cu are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is reactor grade zirconium and the bottom bar is ASTM B596 Au-Cu.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 98
100
Elongation at Break, % 21
4.3 to 17
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 37
36
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 330
450 to 620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
77
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 270
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.9
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 6.5
18

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.4
3.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
8.5
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14
6.8 to 9.4
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
7.1 to 8.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 41
22 to 30

Alloy Composition


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Copper (Cu), % 0
9.0 to 11
Gold (Au), % 0
89 to 91
Zirconium (Zr), % 99.7 to 100
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.27
0 to 0.4