R30816 Cobalt vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S13800 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 26% 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 (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30816 cobalt and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 290 to 480 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 39 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| 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 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |