EN 1.5410 Steel vs. Type 2 Niobium
EN 1.5410 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 2 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 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 EN 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 niobium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 38 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 82 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 32 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 4.6 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 7.1 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 99.5 to 100 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |