ZA-8 vs. Grade 18 Titanium
ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while grade 18 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ZA-8 and the bottom bar is grade 18 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.3 to 8.0 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 51 to 100 | |
| 330 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 370 | |
| 690 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 540 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 100 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 40 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 670 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 420 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 28 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 1380 to 3110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 43 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 18 | |
| 39 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 13 | |
| 47 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.0 to 8.8 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.015 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 92.5 to 95.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 89.7 to 91.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |