Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. Grade 250 Maraging Steel
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade 250 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys. 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 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is grade 250 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 730 to 1660 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 660 to 1740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 65 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 66.3 to 71.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |