C48500 Brass vs. R30075 Cobalt
C48500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt 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 C48500 brass and the bottom bar is R30075 cobalt.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 210 to 250 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 40 | |
| 12 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 82 to 98 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 500 | |
| 780 to 1280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 480 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 170 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 900 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 26 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 29 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 330 | |
| 530 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 56 to 140 | |
| 84 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 500 | |
| 560 to 1410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.1 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 26 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 38 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 58.7 to 68 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 59 to 62 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 1.3 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 34.3 to 39.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |