R05400 Tantalum vs. Solder Alloy 301
Both R05400 tantalum and solder alloy 301 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05400 tantalum and the bottom bar is solder alloy 301.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 40 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 15 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 540 | |
| 55 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 390 | |
| 49 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 55 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 8.7 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 5.5 to 53 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 50 to 420 | |
| 30 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.6 to 9.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.8 to 8.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 25 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 32 | |
| 7.2 |
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 | |
| 56.5 to 59 |
| 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 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 41 to 43 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |