Type 4 Niobium vs. C62400 Bronze
Type 4 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C62400 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 niobium and the bottom bar is C62400 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 220 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 59 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 | |
| 68 to 77 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 | |
| 320 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.5 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 25 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 82.8 to 88 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 2.0 to 4.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 98.1 to 99.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |