R30008 Cobalt vs. C72700 Copper-nickel
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while C72700 copper-nickel belongs to the copper 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 R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is C72700 copper-nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 120 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 4.0 to 36 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 460 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 580 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 1420 to 4770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 16 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 82.1 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |