EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. Type 2 Niobium
EN 1.4913 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 2 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
| 32 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 4.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 99.5 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |