C15500 Copper vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
C15500 copper belongs to the copper 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 (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C15500 copper and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 to 530 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1080 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 350 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 72 to 1210 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.2 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 100 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 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 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 99.75 to 99.853 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.027 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |