R30035 Cobalt vs. SAE-AISI M62 Steel
R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while SAE-AISI M62 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 R30035 cobalt and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M62 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 to 230 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 84 to 89 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 1900 | |
| 830 to 2440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 100 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 410 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| 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 | |
| 27 to 80 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 39 | |
| 23 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 24 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 1.3 to 1.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 3.5 to 4.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 29.1 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 73.6 to 77.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10.5 | |
| 10 to 11 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 37 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.8 to 6.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.1 |