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3103 Aluminum vs. R30008 Cobalt

3103 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 3103 aluminum and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 28
1.1 to 73
Fatigue Strength, MPa 38 to 83
320 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
83
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 100 to 220
950 to 1700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 39 to 200
500 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
320
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 640
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
450
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
95
Density, g/cm3 2.8
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
8.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
400

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11 to 280
590 to 2720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 10 to 22
31 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 30
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.6 to 9.9
25 to 44

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 96.3 to 99.1
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0010
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
18.5 to 21.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
39 to 42
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
7.6 to 20
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.5
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.5 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15 to 18
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants