EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel vs. Nuclear Grade Hafnium
EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nuclear grade hafnium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (21, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nuclear grade hafnium.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 13 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 31 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 5.9 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.4 to 92.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |