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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S42300 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 15
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
77
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
9.5
Density, g/cm3 10
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
110

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.3
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.2
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
6.8

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
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
82 to 85.1
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Tin (Sn), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0