C70400 Copper-nickel vs. R30155 Cobalt
C70400 copper-nickel belongs to the copper alloys classification, while R30155 cobalt belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 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 C70400 copper-nickel and the bottom bar is R30155 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 300 to 310 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 95 to 230 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 64 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 38 to 220 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.3 to 9.8 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 12 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 11 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89.8 to 93.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 24.3 to 36.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.8 to 6.2 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |