Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. C52100 Bronze
Nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C52100 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nuclear grade hafnium and the bottom bar is C52100 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 380 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 370 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 8.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 7.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.4 | |
| 13 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 14 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 89.8 to 93 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |