EN 1.7231 Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal
EN 1.7231 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 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 (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7231 steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 280 | |
| 23 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 9.1 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 800 | |
| 25 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 48 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 62 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 880 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 870 to 1700 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 1.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 9.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 71.9 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 9.3 to 10.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |