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EN 1.4347 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4347 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 EN 1.4347 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
150
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 570
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
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 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 27
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.2 to 69.4
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050