R30003 Cobalt vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel
R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while grade 200 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 grade 200 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 73 | |
| 9.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1720 | |
| 970 to 1500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1090 | |
| 690 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 2790 | |
| 1240 to 5740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 57 | |
| 33 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 38 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 45 | |
| 29 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 41 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10 to 20.5 | |
| 67.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |