R31539 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel
R31539 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4525 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R31539 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4525 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 22 | |
| 5.6 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 480 | |
| 480 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1000 to 1340 | |
| 1030 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 940 | |
| 840 to 1120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 190 | |
| 68 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 to 2000 | |
| 1820 to 3230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 36 to 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 4.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 34 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.3 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 57.7 to 68.7 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 70.4 to 79 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.030 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |