Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. EN 1.3536 Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.3536 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is EN 1.3536 steel.

Grade 3 (L13840) Tin-Base Babbitt Metal EN 1.3536 (100CrMo7-3) Through-Hardening Bearing Steel

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness		27
Brinell Hardness		200

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		56
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		190

Poisson's Ratio		0.35
Poisson's Ratio		0.29

Shear Modulus, GPa		21
Shear Modulus, GPa		73

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		79
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		250

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		1450

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		240
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		1410

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		230
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		470

Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative		70
Base Metal Price, % relative		2.9

Density, g/cm³		7.4
Density, g/cm³		7.8

Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		12
Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		1.6

Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		200
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		21

Embodied Water, L/kg		1210
Embodied Water, L/kg		55

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		4.2
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		13

Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		17
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), %		0 to 0.0050
Aluminum (Al), %		0 to 0.050

Antimony (Sb), %		7.5 to 8.5
Antimony (Sb), %		0

Arsenic (As), %		0 to 0.1
Arsenic (As), %		0

Bismuth (Bi), %		0 to 0.080
Bismuth (Bi), %		0

Cadmium (Cd), %		0 to 0.050
Cadmium (Cd), %		0

Carbon (C), %		0
Carbon (C), %		0.93 to 1.1

Chromium (Cr), %		0
Chromium (Cr), %		1.7 to 2.0

Copper (Cu), %		7.5 to 8.5
Copper (Cu), %		0 to 0.3

Iron (Fe), %		0 to 0.080
Iron (Fe), %		96 to 97.4

Lead (Pb), %		0 to 0.35
Lead (Pb), %		0

Manganese (Mn), %		0
Manganese (Mn), %		0.6 to 0.8

Molybdenum (Mo), %		0
Molybdenum (Mo), %		0.2 to 0.35

Oxygen (O), %		0
Oxygen (O), %		0 to 0.0015

Phosphorus (P), %		0
Phosphorus (P), %		0 to 0.025

Silicon (Si), %		0
Silicon (Si), %		0.15 to 0.45

Sulfur (S), %		0
Sulfur (S), %		0 to 0.030

Tin (Sn), %		82.3 to 85
Tin (Sn), %		0

Zinc (Zn), %		0 to 0.0050
Zinc (Zn), %		0