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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S32506 Stainless Steel

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S32506 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S32506 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 15
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
81
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
20
Density, g/cm3 10
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11
620
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.3
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.2
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
4.3

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
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
60.8 to 67.4
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 7.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.9
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.050 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0