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AISI 409 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

AISI 409 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 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 409 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
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 25
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
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), % 10.5 to 11.7
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 84.9 to 89.5
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
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
4.5 to 5.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.75
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050