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Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. C90500 Gun Metal

Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C90500 gun metal belongs to the copper 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 C90500 gun metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 110
280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 24
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.5
40
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 23
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 270
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
850
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
370
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
75
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
35
Density, g/cm3 10
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
390

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 11
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.3
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.2
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 14 to 16
0 to 0.2
Arsenic (As), % 0.3 to 0.6
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.1
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
86 to 89
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 77.1 to 81.2
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.050
Tin (Sn), % 4.5 to 5.5
9.0 to 11
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
1.0 to 3.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3