R30008 Cobalt vs. Nickel 718
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |