Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. SAE-AISI 1151 Steel
Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1151 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 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 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1151 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 27 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 21 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 46 | |
| 390 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 79 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1210 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 400 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
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 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.48 to 0.55 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 98.3 to 98.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 82.3 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |