R30075 Cobalt vs. SAE-AISI M42 Steel
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M42 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M42 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 810 to 2310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1540 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 42 | |
| 28 to 79 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 24 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 5.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 25 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.1 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 3.5 to 4.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 7.8 to 8.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 76.3 to 81 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 9.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.65 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 1.2 to 1.9 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |