C42600 Brass vs. R30008 Cobalt
C42600 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C42600 brass and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 40 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 830 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 810 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1010 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 2970 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 27 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 23 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 29 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87 to 90 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.020 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.3 to 10.4 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |