Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. AWS BVAg-8
Both grade 3 Babbitt Metal and AWS BVAg-8 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 84 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 21 | |
| 31 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 79 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 420 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 4.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 27 to 29 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 73 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 82.3 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |