R30816 Cobalt vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 52100 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30816 cobalt and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 19 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| 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 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| 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 |