R30035 Cobalt vs. C43500 Brass
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while C43500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is C43500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 46 | |
| 8.5 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1650 | |
| 120 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 320 | |
| 44 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 5920 | |
| 65 to 1040 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 61 | |
| 10 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 11 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 83 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.2 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 15.4 to 20.4 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |