G-CoCr28 Cobalt vs. C46400 Brass
G-CoCr28 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while C46400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is G-CoCr28 cobalt and the bottom bar is C46400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 400 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 160 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 170 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1270 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.5 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 76 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 120 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.2 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 13 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.7 to 24.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 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 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 36.3 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |