R30035 Cobalt vs. Nickel 718
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 46 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 740 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 74 | |
| 34 to 64 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1650 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 320 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 5920 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 61 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |