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R30008 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel

R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4104 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 32% 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 (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 73
11 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 530
230 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 83
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950 to 1700
630 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 1080
350 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 95
8.5
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 400
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 590 to 2720
310 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 56
23 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
21 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 44
22 to 27

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0010
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.1 to 0.17
Chromium (Cr), % 18.5 to 21.5
15.5 to 17.5
Cobalt (Co), % 39 to 42
0
Iron (Fe), % 7.6 to 20
78.8 to 84.1
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 7.5
0.2 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 18
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.15 to 0.35

Comparable Variants