Grade 2 Babbitt Metal vs. AWS ERTi-5

Grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS ERTi-5 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-5.

Grade 2 (L13890) Tin-Base Babbitt Metal AWS ERTi-5 Weld Metal

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		53
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		110

Poisson's Ratio		0.35
Poisson's Ratio		0.32

Shear Modulus, GPa		19
Shear Modulus, GPa		40

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa		42
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa		830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		72
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		410

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		350
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		1610

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		240
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		1560

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		230
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		560

Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		9.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative		70
Base Metal Price, % relative		36

Density, g/cm³		7.3
Density, g/cm³		4.4

Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		12
Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		38

Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		200
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		610

Embodied Water, L/kg		1240
Embodied Water, L/kg		200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m³		17
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m³		3250

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		4.0
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		13

Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		17
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), %		0 to 0.0050
Aluminum (Al), %		5.5 to 6.8

Antimony (Sb), %		7.0 to 8.0
Antimony (Sb), %		0

Arsenic (As), %		0 to 0.1
Arsenic (As), %		0

Bismuth (Bi), %		0 to 0.080
Bismuth (Bi), %		0

Cadmium (Cd), %		0 to 0.050
Cadmium (Cd), %		0

Carbon (C), %		0
Carbon (C), %		0 to 0.050

Copper (Cu), %		3.0 to 4.0
Copper (Cu), %		0

Hydrogen (H), %		0
Hydrogen (H), %		0 to 0.015

Iron (Fe), %		0 to 0.080
Iron (Fe), %		0 to 0.22

Lead (Pb), %		0 to 0.35
Lead (Pb), %		0

Nitrogen (N), %		0
Nitrogen (N), %		0 to 0.030

Oxygen (O), %		0
Oxygen (O), %		0.12 to 0.2

Tin (Sn), %		87.3 to 90
Tin (Sn), %		0

Titanium (Ti), %		0
Titanium (Ti), %		88.2 to 90.9

Vanadium (V), %		0
Vanadium (V), %		3.5 to 4.5

Zinc (Zn), %		0 to 0.0050
Zinc (Zn), %		0