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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S21603 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 15
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
79
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
17
Density, g/cm3 10
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.2
25

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 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17.5 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
57.6 to 67.8
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
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), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0