R30035 Cobalt vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.4945 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.4945 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 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 740 | |
| 230 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 640 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1650 | |
| 290 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 320 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 5920 | |
| 210 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 61 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 57.9 to 65.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |