Cold Worked Monel K-500 vs. Cold Worked R30605 Cobalt
Cold worked Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while cold worked R30605 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold worked Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is cold worked R30605 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1100 | |
| 1900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 880 | |
| 1600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 9.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 9.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 | |
| 55 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 2.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 36 | |
| 52 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 46.4 to 57 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |