ZA-27 vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
ZA-27 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ZA-27 and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 120 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 4.5 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 110 to 170 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 330 | |
| 790 to 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 430 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 370 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 480 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 530 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.2 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 80 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 570 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.1 to 18 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.6 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 25 to 28 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.010 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 69.3 to 73 | |
| 0 |