Grade 1 Babbitt Metal vs. C87400 Brass
Grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C87400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C87400 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 53 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 30 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 70 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 370 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 220 | |
| 820 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 6.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 16 | |
| 7.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 8.6 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 26 | |
| 8.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| 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 | |
| 79 to 85.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 89.3 to 92 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |