Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. Nuclear Grade Hafnium
Both grade 1 Babbitt Metal and nuclear grade hafnium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 12 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 grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is nuclear grade hafnium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 78 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 31 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 130 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 5.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |