Grade 7 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A209 Steel
Grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A209 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 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 7 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ASTM A209 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 23 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 9.1 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 25 | |
| 220 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 48 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 880 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 12 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 | |
| 24 |