R30075 Cobalt vs. AISI 440A Stainless Steel
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AISI 440A stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is AISI 440A stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 5.0 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 840 | |
| 270 to 790 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 730 to 1790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 840 | |
| 420 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 140 | |
| 87 to 120 |
| 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 | |
| 26 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 23 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 26 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 78.4 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |