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Nickel 59 vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal

Nickel 59 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 59 and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 220
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 84
8.2

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
280
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 430
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 65
17
Density, g/cm3 8.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 160
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 310
840

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.4
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14.5 to 17.5
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
79 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 15 to 16.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 56.2 to 62.9
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050