Cold Worked UNS R60901 Zirconium-Niobium Alloy
Cold worked R60901 alloy is R60901 alloy in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare cold worked R60901 alloy to: zirconium alloys (top), all alloys in the same category (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
98 GPa 14 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
17 %
Poisson's Ratio
0.34
Shear Modulus
37 GPa 5.3 x 106 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
580 MPa 84 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
390 MPa 56 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1870 °C 3400 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
270 J/kg-K 0.064 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
17 W/m-K 9.9 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
6.3 µm/m-K
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density
6.6 g/cm3 410 lb/ft3
Embodied Water
270 L/kg 32 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
88 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
760 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
8.3 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
23 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
25 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
24 points
Thermal Diffusivity
9.7 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
67 points
Alloy Composition
| Zr | 96.8 to 97.5 | |
| Nb | 2.4 to 2.8 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.29 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM B352: Standard Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Sheet, Strip, and Plate for Nuclear Application
ASTM B353: Standard Specification for Wrought Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Seamless and Welded Tubes for Nuclear Service (Except Nuclear Fuel Cladding)
Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium, C. K. Gupta and A. K. Suri, 1993
Sintering of Advanced Materials: Fundamentals and Processes, Zhigang Zak Fang (editor), 2010