Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. SAE-AISI 1527 Steel
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1527 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1527 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 13 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 320 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 260 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 14 |
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 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 98.1 to 98.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |