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EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4959 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
150
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
19
Density, g/cm3 8.0
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.25 to 0.65
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), % 0.050 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 39.4 to 50.5
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
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
4.5 to 5.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0.25 to 0.65
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050