MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. Grade 21 Titanium

Grade 15 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while grade 21 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is grade 21 titanium.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 23
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.4
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 8.2
51

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 46
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 280
1740
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 250
1690
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 140
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
7.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
60
Density, g/cm3 10
5.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
32
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
490
Embodied Water, L/kg 840
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.2
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 9.0
32

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
2.5 to 3.5
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
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0
Hydrogen (H), % 0
0 to 0.015
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Lead (Pb), % 79 to 83.9
0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
14 to 16
Niobium (Nb), % 0
2.2 to 3.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.17
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Tin (Sn), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
76 to 81.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.4