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AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal

AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 2 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 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
25
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
53
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
19
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1310
42

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
72
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
70
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
1240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 4410
17
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
7.0 to 8.0
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.1
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.080
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 82.3 to 87.9
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
87.3 to 90
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050