Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal
Both nuclear grade hafnium and grade 15 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nuclear grade hafnium and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 23 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 8.2 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 1.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 9.0 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 17.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 83.9 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |