Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM B541 Gold
Both grade 15 Babbitt Metal and ASTM B541 gold are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 11 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 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ASTM B541 gold.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
| 38 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 90 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 280 | |
| 1110 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 250 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 13.5 to 15.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 70.5 to 72.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |