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EN AC-46500 Aluminum vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal

EN AC-46500 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 EN AC-46500 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 91
21
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 74
23
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 28
8.2

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 520
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 610
280
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
140
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
17
Density, g/cm3 2.9
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 140
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 1030
840

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 49
9.0

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 77.9 to 90
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
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.15
0
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.3
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
79 to 83.9
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.050 to 0.55
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.55
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.55
0
Silicon (Si), % 8.0 to 11
0
Tin (Sn), % 0 to 0.15
0.8 to 1.2
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 3.0
0 to 0.0050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.25
0