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AISI 312 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

AISI 312 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 (18, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 312 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
23
Density, g/cm3 7.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
12
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
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 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.2 to 69.2
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.14 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050