R05400 Tantalum vs. R30008 Cobalt
R05400 tantalum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05400 tantalum and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 540 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 390 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 650 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 50 to 420 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.6 to 9.0 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 4.8 to 8.8 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 32 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |