Monel K-500 vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 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 Monel K-500 and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 61 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 880 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 120 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 to 2420 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.3 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 33 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 70.4 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.35 to 0.85 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |