Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 21 | |
280 to 440 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
75 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 280 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 250 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
14 |
Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
39 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
130 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
25 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 14.5 to 17.5 | |
0 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
0 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
15 to 17 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
3.0 to 5.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
70.4 to 78.9 |
Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
3.0 to 5.0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.45 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |