Type 3 Niobium vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4662 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 3 niobium and the bottom bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 28 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 810 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 580 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 840 to 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 29 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 62.6 to 70.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.6 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| 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 |