G-CoCr28 Cobalt vs. 5456 Aluminum
G-CoCr28 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while 5456 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is G-CoCr28 cobalt and the bottom bar is 5456 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
68 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
11 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
130 to 210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
26 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
320 to 340 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
150 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
190 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1270 | |
570 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.5 | |
120 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
9.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
1170 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
33 to 46 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
170 to 470 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
50 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
33 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
38 to 40 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.2 | |
48 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
92 to 94.8 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
0.050 to 0.2 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 48 to 52 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 9.7 to 24.5 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
4.7 to 5.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0.5 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |