R30075 Cobalt vs. ASTM B540 Palladium
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while ASTM B540 palladium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. 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 R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is ASTM B540 palladium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 1.1 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 840 | |
| 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.38 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 39 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 830 to 1240 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 840 | |
| 620 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1220 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 4.9 to 5.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 3.5 to 3.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 140 | |
| 13 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1410 | |
| 1790 to 4660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 4.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 42 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 41 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 14.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 34 to 36 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |