R30075 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 1030 to 1600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| 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 | |
| 36 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 29 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 35 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 73.4 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 9.2 to 10.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.28 to 0.4 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |