Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. Nuclear Grade Hafnium
Both grade 15 Babbitt Metal and nuclear grade hafnium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 9 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 nuclear grade hafnium.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
| 78 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
| 31 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 5.9 |
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 | |
| 0 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 0 | |
| 99.8 to 100 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |