EN 1.0456 Steel vs. R30008 Cobalt
EN 1.0456 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0456 steel and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 26 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 220 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 300 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
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 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 230 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 14 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.48 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.4 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| 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 |