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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. S21600 Stainless Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S21600 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
79
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
17
Density, g/cm3 7.4
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
370
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 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17.5 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
57.6 to 67.8
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0