SAE-AISI 8620 Steel vs. Type 3 Niobium
SAE-AISI 8620 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel and the bottom bar is Type 3 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 210 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 31 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 690 | |
| 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 570 | |
| 140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 150 | |
| 44 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 340 to 880 | |
| 93 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 24 | |
| 7.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 22 | |
| 9.5 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 98.6 to 99.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |