SAE-AISI D4 Steel vs. R30008 Cobalt
SAE-AISI D4 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 28% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 SAE-AISI D4 steel and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.4 to 15 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 920 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2060 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1540 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 75 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 47 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 63 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 2.1 to 2.4 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.6 to 86.3 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |