Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A387 Grade 12 Steel
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A387 grade 12 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 12 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 13 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 260 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 2.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 180 to 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 97 to 98.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |