R30816 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4034 Stainless Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4034 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 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 EN 1.4034 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 230 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 690 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 81 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 400 to 1370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0.43 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 83 to 87.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |