Commercially Pure Silver vs. Type 1 Niobium
Both commercially pure silver and Type 1 niobium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 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 commercially pure silver and the bottom bar is Type 1 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 to 340 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 420 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 to 8.9 | |
| 4.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 to 10 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 170 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.5 to 17 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 99.7 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |