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Cold Worked UNS R60901 Zirconium-Niobium Alloy

Cold worked R60901 alloy is R60901 alloy in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare cold worked R60901 alloy to: zirconium alloys (top), all alloys in the same category (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

98 GPa 14 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

17 %

Poisson's Ratio

0.34

Shear Modulus

37 GPa 5.3 x 106 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

580 MPa 84 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

390 MPa 56 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

250 J/g

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1870 °C 3400 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

270 J/kg-K 0.064 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

17 W/m-K 9.9 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

6.3 µm/m-K

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density

6.6 g/cm3 410 lb/ft3

Embodied Water

270 L/kg 32 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

88 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

760 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

8.3 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

23 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

25 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

24 points

Thermal Diffusivity

9.7 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

67 points

Alloy Composition

Zirconium (Zr)Zr 96.8 to 97.5
Niobium (Nb)Nb 2.4 to 2.8
Residualsres. 0 to 0.29

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Further Reading

ASTM B352: Standard Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Sheet, Strip, and Plate for Nuclear Application

ASTM B353: Standard Specification for Wrought Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Seamless and Welded Tubes for Nuclear Service (Except Nuclear Fuel Cladding)

Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium, C. K. Gupta and A. K. Suri, 1993

Sintering of Advanced Materials: Fundamentals and Processes, Zhigang Zak Fang (editor), 2010