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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. AISI 418 Stainless Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 418 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 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 grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is AISI 418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
77
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1460
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
15
Density, g/cm3 7.4
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 7.5 to 8.5
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
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
78.5 to 83.6
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.8 to 2.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0