ZA-8 vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
ZA-8 belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while S17700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 31 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 S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 87 to 100 | |
| 180 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.3 to 8.0 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 51 to 100 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 370 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 100 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 28 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 40 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 420 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 2.8 to 28 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 17 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 18 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 42 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 to 13 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 8.0 to 8.8 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.075 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.015 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 89.7 to 91.2 | |
| 0 |