Cold Finished N08020 Stainless Steel vs. Cold Worked R30605 Cobalt
Cold finished N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while cold worked R30605 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold finished N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is cold worked R30605 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 1900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 | |
| 1600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 410 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 9.6 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 9.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 9.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 450 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 55 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 52 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 46.4 to 57 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |