R31539 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel
R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4307 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 20% 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 (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R31539 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 22 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 480 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1340 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 940 | |
| 200 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 190 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 to 2000 | |
| 100 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 57.7 to 68.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.030 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |