R31537 Cobalt vs. SAE-AISI H22 Steel
R31537 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while SAE-AISI H22 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R31537 cobalt and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H22 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1340 | |
| 700 to 1920 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 72 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 22 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 1.8 to 3.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.9 to 69 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 82.2 to 87.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 11.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |