Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal
Grade 350 maraging steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 750 to 2400 | |
| 100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 830 to 2300 | |
| 42 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 72 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 1240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 64.6 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.6 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 87.3 to 90 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.3 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |