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EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 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 (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
9.1

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
23
Density, g/cm3 7.6
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
880

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.6

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), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 75.4 to 82.7
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050