EN 1.0456 Steel vs. R30003 Cobalt
EN 1.0456 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0456 steel and the bottom bar is R30003 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 26 | |
| 10 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 220 | |
| 320 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 970 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 300 | |
| 510 to 1090 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 230 | |
| 600 to 2790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 32 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 26 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 26 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 41 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.48 | |
| 10 to 20.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.4 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |