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C87900 Brass vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

C87900 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 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 C87900 brass and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.31
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 41
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 930
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 900
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 20
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
23
Density, g/cm3 8.1
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 320
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
12
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.3
1.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
9.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.050
14 to 16
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.050
0.3 to 0.6
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 63 to 69.2
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.25
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.25
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 30 to 36
0 to 0.0050