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5052 Aluminum vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal

5052 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 5052 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 46 to 83
21
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
8.2

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
280
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
17
Density, g/cm3 2.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.6
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
840

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.8 to 97.7
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
Chromium (Cr), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
79 to 83.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 2.2 to 2.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.0050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0