Loaʻa nā aʻa a Cobalt-based alloys 50% pakeneka o kobalt, nāna e hoʻolako i kēia mea me ke kūpaʻa nui i ka abrasion i nā mahana wela. Ua like ʻo Cobalt me ka nickel mai ka maka metallurgical o ka ʻike, no ka mea, he mea paʻakikī ia e kūpaʻa loa i ka lole a me ka pala, ʻo ia hoʻi ma nā mahana wela. Hoʻohana ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana i nā kinikini, ma muli o ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻino a me kāna ʻume mākenēki waiwai.
ʻO kēia ʻano oka a paʻakikī e hana, pili pono i kāna pale ʻaʻano kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻohana mau ʻia ʻo Cobalt ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana paʻakikī i nā wahi ʻoihana me nā lole koʻikoʻi. Kū aʻe hoʻi ia ma muli o kāna ʻano mechanical i nā ana wela, a loaʻa i he nui nā mea hoʻopili e hoʻonui i ka ductility i nā mahana wela.
Loaʻa kēia ʻano alloys i nā kahua aʻe:
ʻO nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻia Cobalt kekahi o nā nā mea nui i hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻoihana mana. Hoʻohana ʻo Castinox i nā kinikini cobalt e hoʻokumu i nā ʻenehana ʻoihana aʻe: