Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. Grey Cast Iron
Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grey cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 21 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
| 69 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 280 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 250 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |