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Grade 2 Babbitt Metal vs. MDF

Grade 2 Babbitt Metal and MDF belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal is a metal, while MDF is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, 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 2 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is MDF.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 100
10
Density, g/cm3 7.3
0.75
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 53
4.0
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.25
Shear Modulus, GPa 19
2.5
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.0
3.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
71
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
12