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WE43B Magnesium vs. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal

WE43B magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while grade 2 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 (16, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is WE43B magnesium and the bottom bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 44
53
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.35
Shear Modulus, GPa 17
19
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
42

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
72
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 550
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 960
230
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 27
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
70
Density, g/cm3 1.9
7.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 28
12
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 250
200
Embodied Water, L/kg 910
1240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 430
17
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
4.0
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 61
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
7.0 to 8.0
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.1
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.080
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.020
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.080
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.35
Lithium (Li), % 0 to 0.2
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 89.8 to 93.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.030
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
87.3 to 90
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 2.4 to 4.4
0
Yttrium (Y), % 3.7 to 4.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.0050
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.4 to 1.0
0