EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel vs. R30816 Cobalt
EN 1.4306 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4306 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30816 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 570 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 320 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 200 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 820 | |
| 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.32 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 40 to 49.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 12 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |