G-CoCr28 Cobalt vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
G-CoCr28 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AISI 410 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 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 G-CoCr28 cobalt and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1270 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.5 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.7 to 24.5 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |