Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A514 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 A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 27 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 21 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 46 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 79 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1210 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |