Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S41045 Stainless Steel
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S41045 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 S41045 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 15 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 7.8 |
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 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 83.8 to 88 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |