EN 1.5522 Steel vs. Type 2 Niobium
EN 1.5522 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 2 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5522 steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1490 | |
| 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 520 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 250 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 720 | |
| 32 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 4.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 44 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.9 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 99.5 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |