SAE-AISI S7 Steel vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal
SAE-AISI S7 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI S7 steel and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
23 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.4 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
8.2 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
46 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
280 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
250 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
140 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
17 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
10 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
3.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 65 | |
840 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
1.2 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
9.0 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
14.5 to 17.5 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.4 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.45 to 0.55 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Iron (Fe), % | 91.6 to 94.9 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
79 to 83.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.9 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |