R30816 Cobalt vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AISI 316 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30816 cobalt and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 160 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 130 to 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |