Type 2 Pewter vs. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal
Both Type 2 pewter and grade 2 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 2 pewter and the bottom bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 13 to 23 | |
| 25 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 52 | |
| 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 19 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 300 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1220 | |
| 1240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.9 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 5.0 to 7.5 | |
| 7.0 to 8.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 90 to 93 | |
| 87.3 to 90 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |