Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 321 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is AISI 321 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 13 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 34 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 220 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 130 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 4.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 65.3 to 74 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |