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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S35125 Stainless Steel

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S35125 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 S35125 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
78
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
36
Density, g/cm3 10
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
6.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.2
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
3.1

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 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
36.2 to 45.8
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
31 to 35
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.25 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0