ZA-8 vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while grade 250 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 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-8 and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 730 to 1660 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.3 to 8.0 | |
| 7.3 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 600 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 370 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 420 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 28 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 18 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 13 | |
| 29 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.0 to 8.8 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.015 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 89.7 to 91.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |