C17300 Copper vs. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal
C17300 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 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 C17300 copper and the bottom bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 56 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 21 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1200 | |
| 46 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 79 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 380 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 1210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5410 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 4.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.8 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 95.5 to 97.8 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 82.3 to 85 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |