Solder Alloy 104 vs. Type 4 Niobium
Both solder alloy 104 and Type 4 niobium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 solder alloy 104 and the bottom bar is Type 4 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 13 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 51 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 45 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 180 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 900 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.3 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 12 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.4 | |
| 9.5 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 30 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.0 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 39 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 98.1 to 99.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 59.5 to 60.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |