EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal
EN 1.4872 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 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 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
| 21 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 8.2 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 1.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 17.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 54.2 to 61.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 83.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |