SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. R30075 Cobalt
SAE-AISI D2 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is R30075 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 to 250 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 250 to 840 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 82 to 98 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 780 to 1280 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 480 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.3 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.1 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 530 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 84 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 560 to 1410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 26 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 21 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 58.7 to 68 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |