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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15500 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 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
75
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
13
Density, g/cm3 7.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
25

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 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
71.9 to 79.9
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
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), % 82.3 to 85
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0