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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. S21904 Stainless Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
78
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
390 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
15
Density, g/cm3 7.4
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
380 to 2070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Antimony (Sb), % 7.5 to 8.5
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 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
59.5 to 67.4
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
8.0 to 10
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0