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EN 1.4521 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4521 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 EN 1.4521 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
21
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
46

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
79
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
70
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.1
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.080
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 20
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Iron (Fe), % 74.6 to 81.1
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
82.3 to 85
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050