R30816 Cobalt vs. Nickel 600
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 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 nickel 600.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 3.4 to 35 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 650 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 270 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 9.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 31 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 190 to 1490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 19 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 6.0 to 10 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 72 to 80 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |