Type 3 Niobium vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while Type 2 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 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 Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| 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 0.5 |
| 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 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |