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S17400 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal

S17400 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 S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 440
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 580 to 1250
46

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
79
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
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 880 to 4060
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), % 15 to 17
0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
7.5 to 8.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.4 to 78.9
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
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