ACI-ASTM CF8C Steel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
ACI-ASTM CF8C steel belongs to the iron 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.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CF8C steel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
| 15 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 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 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.8 to 73 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |