Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. Reactor Grade Zirconium
Both grade 15 Babbitt Metal and reactor grade zirconium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is reactor grade zirconium.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 6.5 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
| 98 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 280 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
| 37 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
| 8.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 5.9 |
Alloy Composition
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| 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 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 99.7 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.27 |