R30008 Cobalt vs. ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co belongs to the iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 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 F15 Fe-Ni-Co.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 520 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 6.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 5.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 71 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 17 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 32 to 55 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 50.3 to 56 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |