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EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal

EN 1.4659 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 (17, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4659 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
27
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
21
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480
46

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
79
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
70
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.5
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
1210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 550
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
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 0.020
0
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
7.5 to 8.5
Iron (Fe), % 35.7 to 45.7
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
82.3 to 85
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050