R30008 Cobalt vs. EN 1.5408 Steel
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.5408 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.5408 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 460 to 1620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 16 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 13 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.28 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 97.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |