R30075 Cobalt vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 840 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 840 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 140 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1410 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 42 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |