R30008 Cobalt vs. ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while ASTM A387 grade 9 steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 25% 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 R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 87 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 140 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 87.1 to 90.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |