Type 3 Niobium vs. AISI 440A Stainless Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 440A stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 5.0 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 730 to 1790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 420 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 87 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 26 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 23 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 26 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 78.4 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 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 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |