R30075 Cobalt vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
R30075 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30075 cobalt and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 to 250 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 840 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 20 | |
| 17 to 28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 to 98 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1280 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 840 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1400 |
| 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 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 140 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| 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 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 27 to 30 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| 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 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |