N08800 Stainless Steel vs. R30816 Cobalt
N08800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30816 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 34 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1000 | |
| 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 830 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.3 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 76 | |
| 320 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 42 to 160 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 96 to 1740 | |
| 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 35 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 28 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.32 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 23 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 40 to 49.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 39.5 to 50.7 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 35 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |