Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. Nickel 685
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 13 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 3.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |