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Grade 2 Babbitt Metal vs. C43500 Brass

Grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C43500 brass belongs to the copper 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 C43500 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 53
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.32
Shear Modulus, GPa 19
42
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 42
120 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 72
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 350
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
970
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
380
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
28
Density, g/cm3 7.3
8.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 1240
320

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 17
65 to 1040
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.0
7.2
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0
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
79 to 83
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.090
Tin (Sn), % 87.3 to 90
0.6 to 1.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
15.4 to 20.4
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3