Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. R30035 Cobalt
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is R30035 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 9.0 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 170 to 740 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 84 to 89 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 900 to 1900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 300 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 210 to 5920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 29 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 24 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 29.1 to 39 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |