EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. R30008 Cobalt
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 17 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 400 to 410 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1210 to 1250 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 41 to 42 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 37 to 39 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |