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EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 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 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 640 to 870
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
23
Density, g/cm3 7.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1050 to 1920
12
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), % 0.080 to 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 80.5 to 84.8
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.040
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.3 to 10.7
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050