R30003 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 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 R30003 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 73 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 560 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1720 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1090 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 2790 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 57 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 38 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 45 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 41 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10 to 20.5 | |
| 61.2 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |