AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. R30075 Cobalt
AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30075 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 to 250 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 440 | |
| 250 to 840 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 82 to 98 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 780 to 1280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 480 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 530 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 84 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 560 to 1410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 26 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 58.7 to 68 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 to 74 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |