R05400 Tantalum vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
Both R05400 tantalum and grade 8 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 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 R05400 tantalum and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 140 to 390 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 46 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 59 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.5 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 650 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 50 to 420 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.2 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 11 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 25 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| 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 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 99.7 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |