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AISI 317 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

AISI 317 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 317 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 220
23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 420
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
23
Density, g/cm3 7.9
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 430
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), % 58 to 68
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11 to 15
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
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050