Type 3 Niobium vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade 250 maraging 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 grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 7.3 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 29 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| 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 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |