S17700 Stainless Steel vs. Grade 1 Babbitt Metal
S17700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 430 | |
| 13 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 53 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 23 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 20 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1210 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 70 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 220 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3750 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.5 to 76.8 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 89.3 to 92 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |