Annealed R31539 Cobalt vs. Annealed 300 Maraging Steel
Annealed R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while annealed 300 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 annealed R31539 cobalt and the bottom bar is annealed 300 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 25 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 | |
| 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 | |
| 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 | |
| 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 57.7 to 68.7 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 65 to 68.4 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.030 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |