Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 6150 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 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 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 27 | |
| 200 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 21 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 46 | |
| 420 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 79 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1210 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 460 to 3590 |
| 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 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 82.3 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |