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3004 Aluminum vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

3004 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 3004 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 45 to 83
15
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 68 to 270
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
150
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Density, g/cm3 2.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 33 to 540
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 65
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 95.6 to 98.2
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), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.8 to 1.3
0
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.0050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0