Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. EN 1.6587 Steel
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.6587 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 EN 1.6587 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 13 | |
| 160 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 73 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| 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 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 94.4 to 96.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |