R30003 Cobalt vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 36% 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 (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30003 cobalt and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 73 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 560 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 970 to 1720 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1090 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 57 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 38 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 45 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 41 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 10 to 20.5 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |