ASTM B541 Gold vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal
Both ASTM B541 gold and grade 15 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B541 gold and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 8.2 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 90 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 170 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.4 | |
| 1.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 14.5 to 17.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Gold (Au), % | 70.5 to 72.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 79 to 83.9 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |