EN 2.4878 Nickel vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 2.4878 nickel and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 780 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 370 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 to 1540 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 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 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.010 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 77.1 to 81.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.6 to 52.2 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0070 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 2.8 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |