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EN 1.4958 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4958 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 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 1.4958 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
8.2

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
280
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
17
Density, g/cm3 8.0
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
840

Common Calculations

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

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.2 to 0.5
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), % 0.030 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 41.1 to 50.6
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
79 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 32.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050