Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A148 cast steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 15 | |
| 190 to 390 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 37 to 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 2.3 to 3.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.5 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 400 to 3570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 9.9 to 13 |