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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 5160 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 SAE-AISI 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
200 to 340
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
280 to 1010

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
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
2.1
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
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
200 to 2700
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
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
97.1 to 97.8
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.75 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.040
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0