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Grade 300 Maraging Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

Grade 300 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 300 maraging steel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 730 to 1880
110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760 to 1990
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
19
Density, g/cm3 8.2
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
840

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
9.2

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.050 to 0.15
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14 to 16
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0030
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Calcium (Ca), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Cobalt (Co), % 8.5 to 9.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 68.4
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.6 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 18 to 19
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 0.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.020
0