Type 4 Niobium vs. Nickel 690
Type 4 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 niobium and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.1 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |