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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. S33550 Stainless Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S33550 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 S33550 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
79
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
24
Density, g/cm3 7.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
250
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
0.040 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.025 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0
25 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
48.8 to 58.2
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.025 to 0.070
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
16.5 to 20
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.050 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
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