Type 1 Niobium vs. Grade 1 Babbitt Metal
Both Type 1 niobium and grade 1 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 1 niobium and the bottom bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 79 | |
| 13 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 53 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 20 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 82 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 70 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 32 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 23 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 89.3 to 92 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |