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ASTM A387 Grade 5 Steel vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

ASTM A387 grade 5 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 5 steel and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 180
23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 350
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.3
23
Density, g/cm3 7.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 69
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 320
12
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
9.6

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 0.15
0
Chromium (Cr), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 92.1 to 95.3
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050