Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal
Both nuclear grade hafnium and grade 3 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nuclear grade hafnium and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 56 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 21 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 46 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 79 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 7.4 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 4.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 82.3 to 85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |