R30035 Cobalt vs. AWS BAu-5
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AWS BAu-5 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is AWS BAu-5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 50 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1170 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 5.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 61 | |
| 4.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 6.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
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| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 29.5 to 30.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 35.5 to 36.4 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 33.5 to 34.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |