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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. C14500 Copper

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C14500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C14500 copper.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
43
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
69 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
210
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
1050
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
33
Density, g/cm3 7.4
8.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
310

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
21 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
18

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
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
99.2 to 99.596
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0.0040 to 0.012
Tellurium (Te), % 0
0.4 to 0.7
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0