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Grade 2 Babbitt Metal vs. S17400 Stainless Steel

Grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 25
280 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 53
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 19
75
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 42
580 to 1250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 72
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 350
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
14
Density, g/cm3 7.3
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1240
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 17
880 to 4060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.0
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 7.0 to 8.0
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.1
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.080
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
3.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
70.4 to 78.9
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 87.3 to 90
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0