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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S38100 Stainless Steel

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S38100 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 S38100 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 15
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
76
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
320
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
20
Density, g/cm3 10
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
160

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
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
4.0

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 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
57.9 to 64
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17.5 to 18.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0