Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. C55281 Copper
Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C55281 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C55281 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 21 | |
| 40 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 79 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 420 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 640 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 230 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 7.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 200 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 6.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
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 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 88.5 to 89.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 5.8 to 6.2 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 82.3 to 85 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |