EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. R30008 Cobalt
EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 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 EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30008 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 1.1 to 73 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 320 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 950 to 1700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 500 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 95 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 590 to 2720 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 31 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 25 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 18.5 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 42 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 7.6 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |