R30008 Cobalt vs. Automotive Malleable Cast Iron
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while automotive malleable cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is automotive malleable cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 1.0 to 10 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 70 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 350 to 720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 220 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 130 to 950 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 14 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 9.9 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 2.2 to 2.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 93.6 to 96.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.020 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.9 to 1.9 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |