Type 1 Niobium vs. Grade 363 Molybdenum
Both Type 1 niobium and grade 363 molybdenum are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 1 niobium and the bottom bar is grade 363 molybdenum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 310 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 6.2 to 11 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 | |
| 580 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 82 | |
| 350 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 7.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 360 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 35 | |
| 43 to 57 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 32 | |
| 200 to 630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 19 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.010 to 0.030 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 99.3 to 99.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.4 to 0.55 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.060 to 0.12 |