S44735 Stainless Steel vs. R30006 Cobalt
S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30006 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 32% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30006 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 220 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 1.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 22 | |
| 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 85 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 500 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 7.8 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 520 | |
| 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 27 to 32 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 48.6 to 68.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 68.4 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.6 to 4.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |