R30035 Cobalt vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while grade 250 maraging 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 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 46 | |
| 7.3 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 970 to 1800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1650 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 320 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 61 | |
| 33 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 26 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 29 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |