R30816 Cobalt vs. EN 1.5663 Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while EN 1.5663 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30816 cobalt and the bottom bar is EN 1.5663 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |