MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel vs. R30006 Cobalt

EN 1.4596 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30006 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30006 cobalt.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
85
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1600
900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
320
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1290
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
450
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
7.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
110
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
500

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 56
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 39
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 54
26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.9 to 1.4
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
27 to 32
Cobalt (Co), % 0
48.6 to 68.1
Iron (Fe), % 73.4 to 76.4
0 to 3.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.2 to 10.2
0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.4
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
4.0 to 6.0