R30816 Cobalt vs. S33228 Stainless Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S33228 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 S33228 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 36.5 to 42.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| 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 |