R30008 Cobalt vs. AWS E316
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AWS E316 belongs to the iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is AWS E316.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 58.6 to 69.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |