Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Zircaloy-4 and AISI 304 Stainless Steel Material Pair in Water Sliding Conditions

Table 1

Properties of zircaloy-4 and AISI 304 SS [9].

Property	Values
Material	Zircaloy-4	AISI 304 SS
Composition (wt %)	Sn=1.3,	C= 0.08, Cr=19,, Mn= 2,
	Fe+Cr =0.30, Fe =0.2, Zr =remaining	Ni=9, P= 0.035,S= 0.03,Si=1, Fe=remaining
Density (gm/cc)	6.56	8
Tensile Strength (MPa)	514	505
Yield Strength(MPa)	381	215
Hardness (Rockwell B)	89	70
Hardness (Vickers)	180	129
Elastic Modulus, E (GPa)	99.3	193
Poisson’s Ratio, γ	0.37	0.265