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Grade 2 Babbitt Metal vs. C38000 Brass

Grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C38000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C38000 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 53
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 19
39
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 42
120

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 72
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 350
800
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
760
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
21

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
22
Density, g/cm3 7.3
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 1240
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 17
74
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.0
7.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.5
Antimony (Sb), % 7.0 to 8.0
0
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.1
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.080
0
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
55 to 60
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.35
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
1.5 to 2.5
Tin (Sn), % 87.3 to 90
0 to 0.3
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
35.9 to 43.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5