G-CoCr28 Cobalt vs. SAE-AISI P3 Steel
G-CoCr28 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while SAE-AISI P3 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 21 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 SAE-AISI P3 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 | |
| 410 to 1980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1270 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.5 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 2.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 15 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 16 to 44 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.2 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 0.4 to 0.75 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 48 to 52 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.7 to 24.5 | |
| 96.3 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |