S35500 Stainless Steel vs. Commercially Pure Zirconium
S35500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while commercially pure zirconium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 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 S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is commercially pure zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 98 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 690 to 730 | |
| 60 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1330 to 1490 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1200 to 1280 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 5.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 65 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3610 to 4100 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 53 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 37 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 49 | |
| 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 16 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.7 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 94.7 to 100 |