R30816 Cobalt vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |