Solder Alloy 601 vs. AWS BCo-1
Solder alloy 601 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS BCo-1 belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 601 and the bottom bar is AWS BCo-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 11 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 12 | |
| 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 43 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 120 | |
| 1150 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 120 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1330 | |
| 430 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.45 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 1.6 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.2 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 46 to 54 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 51 to 52.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 47.5 to 48.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |