MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI 9310 Steel vs. Type 1 Niobium

SAE-AISI 9310 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 1 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel and the bottom bar is Type 1 niobium.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 540 to 610
79
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
110
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 19
29
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
38
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 820 to 910
140
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 570
82

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
270
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
7.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.6
Embodied Water, L/kg 57
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 150
35
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 540 to 860
32
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
6.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 32
4.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 27
7.1
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 27
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.13
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.4
0
Hafnium (Hf), % 0
0 to 0.020
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.0015
Iron (Fe), % 93.8 to 95.2
0 to 0.0050
Manganese (Mn), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.010
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.0050
Niobium (Nb), % 0
99.7 to 100
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.35
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.012
0
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.030
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.020