R30075 Cobalt vs. AISI 310 Stainless Steel
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 27% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is AISI 310 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 840 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 840 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 140 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1410 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 42 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 48.2 to 57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |