Type 3 Niobium vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.6570 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 3 niobium and the bottom bar is EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| 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 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| 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 |