Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. SAE-AISI A8 Steel
Nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI A8 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 13 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 A8 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 700 to 1920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 270 |
| 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
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 25 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.4 | |
| 22 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 22 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 88.5 to 91.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 |