R30016 Cobalt vs. S33228 Stainless Steel
R30016 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while S33228 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30016 cobalt and the bottom bar is S33228 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.4 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 8.0 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1010 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1270 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 500 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 72 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 770 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 32 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 49.6 to 66.9 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 36.5 to 42.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |