R30605 Cobalt vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
R30605 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30605 cobalt and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 590 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1130 to 1900 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1600 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.8 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 450 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 55 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 52 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 46.4 to 57 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |