S66286 Stainless Steel vs. R30003 Cobalt
S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30003 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30003 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 10 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 410 | |
| 320 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1020 | |
| 970 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 670 | |
| 510 to 1090 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1150 | |
| 600 to 2790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 32 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 26 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 26 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 41 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.1 to 59.5 | |
| 10 to 20.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |