R30008 Cobalt vs. SAE-AISI 4130 Steel
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while SAE-AISI 4130 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30008 cobalt and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4130 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 13 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 320 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 530 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 440 to 980 |
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 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 500 to 2550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 19 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 19 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 16 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 97.3 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |