AISI 316 Stainless Steel vs. Type 4 Niobium
AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 360 | |
| 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 55 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1180 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 850 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 to 260 | |
| 44 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1820 | |
| 93 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 7.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
| 9.5 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 26 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 98.1 to 99.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |