Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 640 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 1050 to 1920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |