Type 4 Niobium vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Type 4 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 niobium and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.1 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| 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 |