Z40101 Zinc vs. EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel
Z40101 zinc belongs to the zinc alloys classification, while EN 1.4530 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Z40101 zinc and the bottom bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 130 | |
| 1030 to 1370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 90 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 6.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.7 | |
| 36 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.9 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.2 | |
| 35 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.080 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 74.4 to 77.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.28 to 0.37 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 99.542 to 99.92 | |
| 0 |