Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. SAE-AISI 1020 Steel
Nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1020 steel belongs to the iron 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 SAE-AISI 1020 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 240 to 380 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 | |
| 72 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 150 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.4 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 99.08 to 99.52 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |