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R30008 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4959 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 73
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 530
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 83
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950 to 1700
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 1080
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 95
31
Density, g/cm3 8.4
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.1
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 400
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 590 to 2720
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 56
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 44
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0010
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 18.5 to 21.5
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 39 to 42
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 7.6 to 20
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 7.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 18
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.2
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65