R30075 Cobalt vs. Nickel 908
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while nickel 908 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 nickel 908.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 840 | |
| 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 840 | |
| 930 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 140 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1410 | |
| 2340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 42 | |
| 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 35.6 to 44.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 47 to 51 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 2.7 to 3.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |