Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. C85500 Brass
Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C85500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C85500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 21 | |
| 85 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
| 40 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 280 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 250 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 320 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 20 |
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 | |
| 59 to 63 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 35.1 to 41 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |