ASTM B541 Gold vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
Both ASTM B541 gold and grade 8 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B541 gold and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 900 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 90 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 170 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 3830 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.4 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 9.2 |
Alloy Composition
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| 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 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 70.5 to 72.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |