SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
SAE-AISI D2 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |