Ductile Cast Iron vs. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal
Ductile cast iron belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ductile cast iron and the bottom bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 310 | |
| 25 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 170 to 180 | |
| 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 to 0.31 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 64 to 70 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 670 | |
| 42 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 72 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1160 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1120 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 43 | |
| 1240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 1330 | |
| 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.8 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 87.3 to 90 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |