Table 1.

Physical and mechanical properties of common used metallic implants compared with bone tissue.

Material	Young's Modulus, E (GPa)	Yield Strength ${\mathit{\sigma }}_{\mathit{y}}$ (MPa)	Tensile Strength ${\mathit{\sigma }}_{\mathit{UTS}}$ (MPa)	Density (g/cm3)	Thermal Expansion coefficient (10−6/°C)	Ref.
Cortical Bone	15–30	30–70	70–150	1.75	27.5	[15,16]
Stainless Steel 316L	200	221–1213	586–1351	8.03	19.5	[17]
Pure Titanium (Ti) -Grade 1	110	485	760	4.51	8.5	[19]
Ti–6Al–4V	101–120	795–1034	860–1103	4.43	8.7	[19]
Cobalt–Chromium	210–253	448–1606	655–1869	8.3	15.1	[18]
Pure Magnesium	45	20	90–190	1.74	26	[15,20]
AZ31	45	171–303	241–365	1.78	26	[21]
Pure Iron	211	150	210	7.87	12	[22]
Fe–30Mn	201	239	518	7.64	8.8	[[22], [23], [24]]
Pure Zinc	90–100	10–85	20–170	7.14	30–35	[25]
Zn–1Mg	–	180	340	–	–	[26]
Zn-0.7Li	–	476	568	–	–	[27]