S20910 Stainless Steel vs. R31539 Cobalt
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 26% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R31539 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 13 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 310 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 13 to 23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 86 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 1000 to 1340 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 590 to 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 530 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 780 to 2000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 27 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 57.7 to 68.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |