Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A229 Spring Steel
Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A229 spring steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 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 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ASTM A229 spring steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 27 | |
| 490 to 550 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 21 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 46 | |
| 1100 to 1230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 79 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1210 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 3260 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.55 to 0.85 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 97.5 to 99 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 82.3 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |