Type 1 Niobium vs. R30003 Cobalt
Type 1 niobium belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 1 niobium and the bottom bar is R30003 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 10 to 73 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 | |
| 970 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 82 | |
| 510 to 1090 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 32 | |
| 600 to 2790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 32 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.1 | |
| 26 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 23 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 26 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 41 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 10 to 20.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |