R05400 Tantalum vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
R05400 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05400 tantalum and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 540 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 390 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 650 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.5 to 53 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.6 to 9.0 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.8 to 8.8 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 32 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |