Type 3 Niobium vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 422 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 3 niobium and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 260 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.6 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |