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EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4659 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4659 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
21
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
8.2

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
280
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
17
Density, g/cm3 8.2
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.5
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
840

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14.5 to 17.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 35.7 to 45.7
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
79 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050