R05400 Tantalum vs. SAE-AISI T6 Steel
R05400 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI T6 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 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 R05400 tantalum and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI T6 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 540 | |
| 880 to 2150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 650 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.6 to 9.0 | |
| 26 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.8 to 8.8 | |
| 21 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 25 | |
| 4.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 32 | |
| 26 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 55.9 to 63.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |