AISI 440B Stainless Steel vs. Grade 1 Babbitt Metal
AISI 440B stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440B stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 53 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 18 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 20 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1860 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 70 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 220 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.3 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 89.3 to 92 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |