EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. R30003 Cobalt
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 37% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30003 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 10 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 320 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 970 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 510 to 1090 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 600 to 2790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 32 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 26 to 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 26 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 41 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 10 to 20.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |