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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal

AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
21
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
8.2

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
280
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
840

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14.5 to 17.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
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 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
79 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
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
0.8 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050