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Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. Sintered 6061 Aluminum

Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is sintered 6061 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 53
68
Elongation at Break, % 34
0.5 to 6.0
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 20
25
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 30
62 to 190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 70
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 370
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 220
610
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
200
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 13
52
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 16
170

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 75
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.3
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
8.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 1160
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 8.6
28 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.0
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
51
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 26
81

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
96 to 99.4
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 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
0
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Tin (Sn), % 89.3 to 92
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 1.5