R30016 Cobalt vs. 4015 Aluminum
R30016 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while 4015 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 27 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 R30016 cobalt and the bottom bar is 4015 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.4 | |
| 1.1 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 46 to 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1010 | |
| 130 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 | |
| 50 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1270 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 130 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 500 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 72 | |
| 2.4 to 24 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 770 | |
| 18 to 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 | |
| 13 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 66 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 5.7 to 9.7 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 94.9 to 97.9 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 32 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 49.6 to 66.9 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 2.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |