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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. S38815 Stainless Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S38815 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
74
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
370
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
19
Density, g/cm3 7.4
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.3
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 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
13 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0.75 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
56.1 to 67
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
13 to 17
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
5.5 to 6.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0