R31539 Cobalt vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R31539 cobalt and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 22 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 480 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1340 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 940 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 190 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 to 2000 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 57.7 to 68.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.030 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |