R31538 Cobalt vs. R30008 Cobalt
Both R31538 cobalt and R30008 cobalt are cobalt alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 R31538 cobalt and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 23 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 480 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1360 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 930 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 750 to 1920 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 45 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 33 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68.9 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |