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Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. 8090 Aluminum

Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while 8090 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is 8090 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 23
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.4
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.2
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 280
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 250
600
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 140
960
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
18
Density, g/cm3 10
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
8.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
170
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
1160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.0
50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
93 to 98.4
Antimony (Sb), % 14.5 to 17.5
0
Arsenic (As), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.1
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
1.0 to 1.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.3
Lead (Pb), % 79 to 83.9
0
Lithium (Li), % 0
2.2 to 2.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.6 to 1.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.2
Tin (Sn), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.040 to 0.16
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15