EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. R30035 Cobalt
EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30035 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 9.0 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 170 to 740 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 84 to 89 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 900 to 1900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 300 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 210 to 5920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 29 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 24 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 29.1 to 39 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |