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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. Soda-lime Glass

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal and soda-lime glass belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 3 Babbitt Metal is a metal, while soda-lime glass is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is soda-lime glass.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.4
2.4
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
70 to 71
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.23
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
29
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
720 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
56
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
8.8 to 9.0