R31539 Cobalt vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 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 R31539 cobalt and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 22 | |
| 4.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1340 | |
| 500 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 940 | |
| 220 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 77 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 190 | |
| 33 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 to 2000 | |
| 130 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 57.7 to 68.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 50.7 to 56.5 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.030 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 43.5 to 46.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |