S20910 Stainless Steel vs. R30155 Cobalt
Both S20910 stainless steel and R30155 cobalt are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30155 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 37 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 24.3 to 36.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |