R30008 Cobalt vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
R30008 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S17700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 73 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 530 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 to 1700 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1080 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 95 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 400 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 590 to 2720 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 56 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 44 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 21.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 39 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 7.6 to 20 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 18 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |