ISO-WD32260 Magnesium vs. G-CoCr28 Cobalt
ISO-WD32260 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while G-CoCr28 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 ISO-WD32260 magnesium and the bottom bar is G-CoCr28 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 46 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 6.0 | |
| 6.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 340 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 120 | |
| 1200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 520 | |
| 1270 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 970 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 27 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 23 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 84 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 940 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 14 to 19 | |
| 31 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 700 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 63 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 51 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 56 to 58 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 63 | |
| 2.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 9.7 to 24.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 92.7 to 94.8 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 4.8 to 6.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.45 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |