C68800 Brass vs. R30008 Cobalt
C68800 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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C68800 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, % | 2.0 to 36 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 41 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 790 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 950 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 350 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 710 to 2860 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 30 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 70.8 to 75.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 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 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21.3 to 24.1 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |