Type 3 Niobium vs. EN 1.7709 Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.7709 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 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 1.7709 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 650 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.17 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 95.2 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.55 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| 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 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |