Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 190 to 2840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 22 |
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 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |