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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. Zamak 5

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while Zamak 5 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is Zamak 5.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
92
Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 120
600
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
87
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.25
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
33
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
120
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
410
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
27

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
12
Density, g/cm3 7.4
6.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
380

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
7.5
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
3.5 to 4.3
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 to 0.0050
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
0.7 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.0050
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.025 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.030
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0 to 0.0030
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
94.3 to 95.7