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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

AISI 304 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
15
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
150
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
16

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), % 66.5 to 74
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
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
4.5 to 5.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050