Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. AWS BCo-1
Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS BCo-1 belongs to the cobalt alloys. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is AWS BCo-1.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
0.3 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
78 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 280 | |
1150 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 250 | |
1120 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
110 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
430 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
24 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 14.5 to 17.5 | |
0 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
0 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.7 to 0.9 |
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0.35 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
18 to 20 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
46 to 54 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
16 to 18 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
7.5 to 8.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |