R30605 Cobalt vs. 5456 Aluminum
R30605 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while 5456 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 R30605 cobalt and the bottom bar is 5456 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 590 | |
| 130 to 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1130 to 1900 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1600 | |
| 150 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 390 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 9.6 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 97 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.8 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 55 | |
| 33 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 38 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.5 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 92 to 94.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 46.4 to 57 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 4.7 to 5.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |