R31539 Cobalt vs. Grade 5 Titanium
R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while grade 5 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R31539 cobalt and the bottom bar is grade 5 titanium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 22 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 480 | |
| 530 to 630 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 13 to 23 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 25 to 35 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1340 | |
| 1000 to 1190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 940 | |
| 910 to 1110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 8.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 1.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 610 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 190 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 to 2000 | |
| 3980 to 5880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 62 to 75 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 50 to 56 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 76 to 91 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 57.7 to 68.7 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.030 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 87.4 to 91 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Yttrium (Y), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |