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AISI 304N Stainless Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

AISI 304N stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304N stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 360
23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 850
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
23
Density, g/cm3 7.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1830
12
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14 to 16
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 73.9
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050