EN 1.6554 Steel vs. Type 2 Niobium
EN 1.6554 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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 280 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
| 32 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 4.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 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 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 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 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |