R31538 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
R31538 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4612 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R31538 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 23 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 480 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 86 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1360 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 930 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 530 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 200 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 45 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 32 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 33 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 58.7 to 68.9 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |