Nuclear Grade Hafnium vs. ASTM B631 Class B
Both nuclear grade hafnium and ASTM B631 class B are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nuclear grade hafnium and the bottom bar is ASTM B631 class B.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 210 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.26 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 78 to 79 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 12 |