Annealed R05200 Tantalum vs. Annealed K93050 Alloy
Annealed R05200 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while annealed K93050 alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 annealed R05200 tantalum and the bottom bar is annealed K93050 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 3020 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 650 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 50 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.6 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.8 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 61.4 to 63.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 36 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 99.8 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |