Type 1 Niobium vs. Solder Alloy 801
Both Type 1 niobium and solder alloy 801 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 1 niobium and the bottom bar is solder alloy 801.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 79 | |
| 22 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 53 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 33 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 20 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 | |
| 55 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 64 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 61 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 1140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 2.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 23 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 3.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| 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 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 89.9 to 91.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |