Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. C61400 Bronze
Nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C61400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nuclear grade hafnium and the bottom bar is C61400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 34 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 | |
| 540 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 220 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 220 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 8.5 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.4 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.4 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 | |
| 18 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 86 to 92.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |