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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 15
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
75
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
13
Density, g/cm3 10
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.2
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
4.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 14 to 16
0
Arsenic (As), % 0.3 to 0.6
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.1
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
71.9 to 79.9
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
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), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0