Type 3 Niobium vs. C99750 Brass
Type 3 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C99750 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 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 C99750 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 130 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 48 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 220 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 87 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 3.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.6 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |