Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. Nickel 200
Nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 17 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 nickel 200.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 23 to 44 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 120 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 8.9 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 42 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.4 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 99 to 100 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |