R30003 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4606 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30003 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 73 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 560 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1720 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1090 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 2790 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 57 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 38 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 45 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 41 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10 to 20.5 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |