R30035 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 46 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 740 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1650 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 320 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 5920 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 61 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |