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Cork vs. R30021 Cobalt

Cork and R30021 cobalt belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cork is a polymeric material, while R30021 cobalt is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 cork and the bottom bar is R30021 cobalt.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 1.0
1300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 0.020
220
Elongation at Break, % 15
9.0
Shear Modulus, GPa 0.010
86
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 0.85
700

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 2000
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.040
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 200
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.15
8.4

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 0.074
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 60
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 1.6
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.13
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
21