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AISI 305 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal

AISI 305 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 3 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 (17, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 220
27
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
21
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 350
46

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
79
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
70
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
1210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 320
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.1
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.080
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Iron (Fe), % 65.1 to 72.5
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13
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
82.3 to 85
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050