Grade 2 Babbitt Metal vs. C46400 Brass
Grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C46400 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 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 2 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C46400 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 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 42 | |
| 160 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 72 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 350 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 23 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1240 | |
| 330 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 17 | |
| 120 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 20 |
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 | |
| 59 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 87.3 to 90 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 36.3 to 40.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |