R30008 Cobalt vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |