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S15500 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal

S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 430
27
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
21
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 1310
46

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
79
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
70
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
1210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 890 to 4460
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.1
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.080
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 15.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 2.5 to 4.5
7.5 to 8.5
Iron (Fe), % 71.9 to 79.9
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
82.3 to 85
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050